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be distant from

[bi ˈdɪstənt frəm]
verb phrase
estar distante de
1. to be located far away in space from someone or something
The island is distant from the mainland.
A ilha está distante do continente.
2. to be emotionally or socially removed from someone; to maintain distance in relationships
He has become distant from his family.
Ele se tornou distante de sua família.
3. to be remote in time; to be far removed chronologically
Those events are distant from our current time.
Esses eventos estão distantes de nosso tempo atual.
Synonyms
be far frombe remote frombe removed fromkeep distance from
Antonyms
be close tobe near tobe adjacent tobe intimate with

Regional Variations

General Brazilian
estar distante de
most common form used in Brazilian Portuguese
Portugal
estar afastado de
alternative form commonly used in European Portuguese
General
ficar longe de
informal colloquial variant meaning to stay far from

Related Idioms & Phrases

keep one's distance from
grow distant from
miles away from (figurative)
be a world away from
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