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"Escindirse" is a pronominal verb which is often translated as "to split", and "escindir" is a transitive verb which is also often translated as "to split". Learn more about the difference between "escindirse" and "escindir" below.
escindirse(
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)A pronominal verb always uses a reflexive pronoun. (e.g., Te ves cansado.).
a. to split
Los duros enfrentamientos entre las distintas facciones nos hacen pensar que el partido pudiera escindirse.We are led to believe the party might split over the tense confrontation between the different factions.
b. to split off (group, faction)
La Iglesia anglicana es una rama que se escindió de la Iglesia de Roma.The Anglican Church is a branch that split off from the Roman Church.
c. to break away (group, faction)
El bajista y el batería se escindieron del grupo de rock para montar una banda de jazz.The bass player and the drummer broke away from the rock group to start a jazz band.
d. to be partitioned (territory)
La antigua Checoslovaquia se escindió en dos estados independientes.The old Czechoslovakia was partitioned into two independent states.
escindir
A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g., I bought a book.).
3. (to divide)
a. to split
La pelea por la herencia había escindido a la familia.The feud over the inheritance had split the family.
b. to partition (territory)
Alemania quedó escindida después de la Segunda Guerra Mundial.Germany was partitioned after World War II.
escindir(
eh
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seen
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deer
)A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g., I bought a book.).
1. (to divide)
a. to split
La pelea por la herencia había escindido a la familia.The feud over the inheritance had split the family.
b. to partition (territory)
Alemania quedó escindida después de la Segunda Guerra Mundial.Germany was partitioned after World War II.
escindirse
A pronominal verb always uses a reflexive pronoun. (e.g., Te ves cansado.).
a. to split
Los duros enfrentamientos entre las distintas facciones nos hacen pensar que el partido pudiera escindirse.We are led to believe the party might split over the tense confrontation between the different factions.
b. to split off (group, faction)
La Iglesia anglicana es una rama que se escindió de la Iglesia de Roma.The Anglican Church is a branch that split off from the Roman Church.
c. to break away (group, faction)
El bajista y el batería se escindieron del grupo de rock para montar una banda de jazz.The bass player and the drummer broke away from the rock group to start a jazz band.
d. to be partitioned (territory)
La antigua Checoslovaquia se escindió en dos estados independientes.The old Czechoslovakia was partitioned into two independent states.
