look away

• Verbo frasal que significa apartar la mirada de algo o alguien, a menudo para evitar verlo o para no prestarle atención.

A phrasal verb used to indicate the act of turning one's gaze away from something or someone, often to avoid seeing or acknowledging it.

incontable · intransitivo · phrasal, sin objeto

1. Turn gaze elsewhereformal

   To direct one's eyes away from something or someone.

   apartar la mirada

   • She looked away when he started crying.
   • He looked away from the bright light.
   • The child looked away shyly when the stranger spoke to him.

   Sinónimosavertturn away

   Antónimosconfrontfacemeetregard

2. Avoid seeing something unpleasantinformal

   To deliberately turn your eyes from something disturbing or upsetting.

   apartar la mirada

   • I had to look away during the gory scene in the movie.
   • She looked away from the accident scene.
   • He couldn't bear to watch and looked away.

   Sinónimosturn away

   Antónimosconfrontface

Verbo baselook