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desvío

Principal Translations
Spanish		English
desvío nm	(camino provisional)	detour n
	(UK: sign)	diversion n
	Tuve que tomar un desvío porque la carretera estaba en reparación.
	I had to take a detour because the road was being repaired.
desvío nm	(cambio de ruta) (of ship)	drift, drifting n
	El desvío del barco se debió a que nadie estaba prestando atención al timón durante la tormenta.
	The ship's drift was due to the lack of attention paid to the rudder during the storm.
desvío nm	(cambio de dirección)	detour n
		diversion n
	Nuestro equipo viajará a Granada en tren, con desvío previo en Bobadilla.
	Our team will travel to Granada by train, after a detour to Bobadilla.

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Additional Translations
Spanish		English
desvío nm	(camino largo)	long way round n
	(joc (opposite of 'short cut'))	long cut n
	No sabíamos si el camino era un atajo o un desvío.
	We didn't know if the path was a shortcut or a long way round.

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Principal Translations
Spanish		English
desviar⇒ vtr	(cambiar la ruta)	divert⇒ vtr
	(river)	alter the course of v expr
	(ball, blow)	deflect⇒, parry⇒ vtr
	(eyes, gaze)	avert⇒ vtr
	Desviaron el curso del río para prevenir inundaciones en la localidad.
	They diverted the course of the river to prevent floods in the region.
desviarse⇒ v prnl	(cambiar de rumbo) (vehicle)	turn off vi phrasal
	(road, path)	branch off vi phrasal
	(ship, plane)	change course vtr + n
		take a detour vtr + n
	Nos desviamos de la carretera principal para evitar el embotellamiento.
	We turned off the main road to avoid the bottleneck.

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Additional Translations
Spanish		English
desviarse v prnl	(salirse del tema)	stray⇒, wander⇒ vi
		digress⇒ vi
		go off topic v expr
	Se desvió del guión que le habían pasado y tuvo que improvisar.
	He strayed (or: wandered) from the script that they had given him, and he had to improvise.
desviar⇒ vtr	(alejar de su objetivo)	distract⇒, divert⇒ vtr
	(informal)	sidetrack⇒ vtr
		⇒ vi
	Su nueva relación lo desvió de sus estudios.
	His new relationship diverted (or: distracted) him from study.

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Compound Forms: desvío | desviar
Spanish		English
desvío de llamada nm + loc adj	(redirección de llamada)	call forwarding n
	La secretaria tuvo que hacer un desvió de llamada.

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