distar
Meanings
Verb
1. to be far from (intransitive)
Examples5
Distaba mucho de ser cierto.
It was far from certain.
Mi padre dista mucho de ser artístico.
My father is far from artistic.
Su respuesta distaba mucho de ser satisfactoria.
His answer was far from satisfactory.
Lo que dices dista mucho de lo que él me dijo.
What you say is quite different from what I heard from him.
Talvéz no dista el bienhadado momento de su convercion, civilizacion, y cultura.
Perhaps the happy moment of their conversion, civilization, and culture is not far off.