divorciar

/diboɾˈθjaɾ/ · B1 · verb

to divorce

💍💔 divorciar = divorce + the -iar verb ending; Latin divertere, to turn apart

Latin divortium came from divertere, to turn aside or go separate ways, which also gave English divert. To end your own marriage, Spanish usually uses the reflexive form: divorciarse, as in se divorciaron (they got divorced).

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