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Galician
Etymology
From afastar.
Pronunciation
Participle
afastado (feminine afastada, masculine plural afastados, feminine plural afastadas)
- past participle of afastar
Adjective
afastado (feminine afastada, masculine plural afastados, feminine plural afastadas)
- far; faraway
- Synonyms: arredado, remoto
References
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “afastado”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “afastado”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Portuguese
Etymology
From afastar (“to repel; to separate”) + -ado.
Pronunciation
Adjective
afastado (feminine afastada, masculine plural afastados, feminine plural afastadas)
- far, especially after being moved away
- Synonyms: distante, longe
- Antonym: próximo
- As caixas estão afastadas umas das outras. ― The boxes are far from each other.
- far from downtown or from urban areas
- Synonyms: longínquo, remoto
- Moramos num lugar afastado. ― We live in a remote place.
- suspended (temporarily banned from one’s job)
- Synonym: suspenso
- Você está afastado enquanto investigamos as alegações de corrupção. ― You are suspended while we investigate the corruption allegations.
[...] o atleta Eduardo Bauermman foi comunicado que está afastado preventivamente dos treinos com o elenco profissional, a partir desta terça-feira [...]- ... the athlete Eduardo Bauerman has been made aware he is preemptively suspended from training with the professional team starting this Tuesday ...
- in a leave of absence
Isso porque se o funcionário está afastado por doença, por exemplo, pode precisar do plano de saúde ou odontológico para fazer o seu tratamento [...]- That's because if a worker is in a leave of absence due to disease, for example, they might need their health insurance in order to get their treatment ...
Participle
afastado (feminine afastada, masculine plural afastados, feminine plural afastadas)
- past participle of afastar