separo

See also: separó and separò

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Central) [səˈpa.ɾu]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [səˈpa.ɾo]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [seˈpa.ɾo]

Verb

separo

1. first-person singular present indicative of separar

Galician

Verb

separo

1. first-person singular present indicative of separar

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /seˈpa.ro/, (less common) /ˈsɛ.pa.ro/
• Rhymes: -aro, (less common) -ɛparo
• Hyphenation: se‧pà‧ro, (less common) sè‧pa‧ro

Verb

separo

1. first-person singular present indicative of separare

Anagrams

• Pesaro, posare, poserà, sapore

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *s(w)é

Latin sē-

Proto-Indo-European *perh₃-der.

Latin parō

Latin sēparō

From sē- (“apart”) + parō (“to arrange”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈseː.pa.roː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈsɛː.pa.ro]

Verb

sēparō (present infinitive sēparāre, perfect active sēparāvī, supine sēparātum); first conjugation

1. to divide, separate

   Synonyms: dīvidō, sēgregō, sēcernō, dirimō

   Antonyms: illigō, colligō, ligō, nectō, cōnectō, coniungo

2. to distinguish

   Synonyms: distinguō, sēcernō

Conjugation

   Conjugation of sēparō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	sēparō		sēparās		sēparat		sēparāmus		sēparātis		sēparant
	imperfect	sēparābam		sēparābās		sēparābat		sēparābāmus		sēparābātis		sēparābant
	future	sēparābō		sēparābis		sēparābit		sēparābimus		sēparābitis		sēparābunt
	perfect	sēparāvī		sēparāvistī		sēparāvit		sēparāvimus		sēparāvistis		sēparāvērunt, sēparāvēre
	pluperfect	sēparāveram		sēparāverās		sēparāverat		sēparāverāmus		sēparāverātis		sēparāverant
	future perfect	sēparāverō		sēparāveris		sēparāverit		sēparāverimus		sēparāveritis		sēparāverint
passive	present	sēparor		sēparāris, sēparāre		sēparātur		sēparāmur		sēparāminī		sēparantur
	imperfect	sēparābar		sēparābāris, sēparābāre		sēparābātur		sēparābāmur		sēparābāminī		sēparābantur
	future	sēparābor		sēparāberis, sēparābere		sēparābitur		sēparābimur		sēparābiminī		sēparābuntur
	perfect	sēparātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	sēparātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	sēparātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	sēparem		sēparēs		sēparet		sēparēmus		sēparētis		sēparent
	imperfect	sēparārem		sēparārēs		sēparāret		sēparārēmus		sēparārētis		sēparārent
	perfect	sēparāverim		sēparāverīs		sēparāverit		sēparāverīmus		sēparāverītis		sēparāverint
	pluperfect	sēparāvissem		sēparāvissēs		sēparāvisset		sēparāvissēmus		sēparāvissētis		sēparāvissent
passive	present	sēparer		sēparēris, sēparēre		sēparētur		sēparēmur		sēparēminī		sēparentur
	imperfect	sēparārer		sēparārēris, sēparārēre		sēparārētur		sēparārēmur		sēparārēminī		sēparārentur
	perfect	sēparātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	sēparātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		sēparā		—		—		sēparāte		—
	future	—		sēparātō		sēparātō		—		sēparātōte		sēparantō
passive	present	—		sēparāre		—		—		sēparāminī		—
	future	—		sēparātor		sēparātor		—		—		sēparantor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		sēparāre			sēparārī			sēparāns			—
future		sēparātūrum esse			sēparātum īrī			sēparātūrus			sēparandus
perfect		sēparāvisse			sēparātum esse			—			sēparātus
future perfect		—			sēparātum fore			—			—
perfect potential		sēparātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		sēparandī		sēparandō		sēparandum		sēparandō		sēparātum		sēparātū

Derived terms

• dissēparō

Descendants

Through Vulgar Latin *sēperāre:

• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: severare, sevrare
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Occitan: sebrar
  • Old French: sevrer
    • Bourguignon: sevrai
    • French: sevrer
    • → Middle English: severen
      • English: sever
• ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *exsēperāre
  • Italo-Romance:
    • Italian: sceverare, scevrare
  • Ibero-Romance:
    • Asturian: xebrar
    • Galician: xebrar
    • Old Spanish: exebrar, xebrar

Borrowings:

• → Asturian: separar, (merged with apartar) separtar
• → Bourguignon: sépairai
• → Catalan: separar
• → English: separate
• → French: séparer
• → Galician: separar
• → Italian: separare
• → Occitan: separar
• → Portuguese: separar
• → Romanian: separa
• → Sicilian: siparari
• → Spanish: separar
• → Venetan: separar

References

• “separo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “separo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “separo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to isolate a witness: aliquem a ceteris separare et in arcam conicere ne quis cum eo colloqui possit (Mil. 22. 60)
    
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “separate”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /seˈpa.ɾu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /seˈpa.ɾu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /seˈpa.ɾo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨˈpa.ɾu/

• Hyphenation: se‧pa‧ro

Verb

separo

1. first-person singular present indicative of separar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /seˈpaɾo/ [seˈpa.ɾo]
• Rhymes: -aɾo
• Syllabification: se‧pa‧ro

Etymology 1

Deverbal from separar.

Noun

separo m (plural separos)

1. (Mexico) solitary confinement cell

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

separo

1. first-person singular present indicative of separar

Further reading

• “separo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025