stray

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈstreɪ/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/streɪ/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(strā)

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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Principal Translations
InglésEspañol
stray vi (go away from)alejarse v prnl
  apartarse v prnl
  (del camino)desviarse v prnl
 The young boy had strayed far from home and he was lost.
 El muchacho se había alejado demasiado de casa y se había perdido.
stray vi (wander) (irse a lugar desconocido)extraviarse, perderse v prnl
  (ir de un lugar a otro)vagar, deambular vi
 The shepherd ensures that the sheep do not stray.
 El pastor se asegura de que las ovejas no se extravíen.
stray adj (animal)callejero/a adj
  vagabundo/a adj
  perdido/a, extraviado/a adj
  (ganado)descarriado/a adj
 Adam gave the stray cat some milk.
 Adam le dio al gato callejero un poco de leche.
stray vi figurative (from topic)divagar vi
  (del tema)desviarse v prnl
 The professor was supposed to be talking about philosophy, but he kept straying onto other things.
 Se suponía que el profesor tenía que hablar de filosofía, pero no paraba de divagar sobre otras cosas.
stray n (animal)animal callejero grupo nom
  animal perdido grupo nom
  animal abandonado grupo nom
  animal extraviado grupo nom
 Judging by its ill-kempt appearance, the dog was definitely a stray.
 A juzgar por lo sucio que estaba, el perro era un animal callejero.
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Additional Translations
InglésEspañol
stray adj (not with others)suelto/a adj
  solo/a adj
  solitario/a adj
  aislado/a adj
 Jane picked up the stray toys her toddler had left around the living room and put them away in the toy box.
 Jane se puso a coger los juguetes que su hija había dejado sueltos por todo el salón y se puso a meterlos en la caja de los juguetes.
stray vi (have affair)tener una aventura loc verb
  (figurado)tener un asunto loc verb
  (a alguien)estar siendo infiel loc verb
 Rick suspected his wife was straying.
 Rick sospechaba que su mujer estaba teniendo una aventura.
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Compound Forms:
InglésEspañol
stray animal n (dog or cat living in the streets)animal callejero nm
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'stray' aparece también en las siguientes entradas:
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Collocations: the [dog, child] strayed (away), strayed (away) from [home, her side, his mother, the playground], stray from the [point, issue, topic], more...

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