partir

Meaning

1. (intransitive) to go away, to leave, to depart
2. (transitive) to split, cleave, divide; to break
3. (transitive) to quarter
4. (transitive) to share; to allot
5. to assign a period of irrigation

Hyphenated as

par‧tir

Pronounced as (IPA)

/paɾˈtiɾ/

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese partir, from Latin partīre, present active infinitive of partiō (“I distribute, divide”).

Sentences

A partir de aquí houbo unha gran represión sobre os grupos opositores.

From here there was a great crackdown on the opposing groups.

Este principio pode enunciarse a partir do concepto de enerxía interna.

This principle can be enunciated from the concept of internal energy.

A partir deste momento comézase a falar dun embrión .

At that point, we started talking about an embryo.

A partir de entón as partes procederán a realizar as súas correspondentes cualificacións .

From then on the parties will proceed to realize their corresponding qualifications.

A partir de aí restrinxiuse a letra dominical nas táboas de Pascua .

From there the Sunday lettering was restricted on the Easter tables.

Moitos foron producidos a partir de aminoácidos non canónicos .

Many have been produced from non-canonical amino acids.