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1 digress
(to wander from the point, or from the main subject in speaking or writing.) divagar, desviarse del tema, hacer digresionestr[daɪ'gres]1 divagar, desviarse del tema, hacer digresionesdigress [daɪ'grɛs, də-] vi: desviarse del tema, divagarv.• divagar v.daɪ'gresif I may digress for a moment — si me permiten hacer un breve inciso or paréntesis
[daɪ'ɡres]VI hacer una digresión; pej divagarbut I digress — esp hum pero me estoy apartando del tema
* * *[daɪ'gres]if I may digress for a moment — si me permiten hacer un breve inciso or paréntesis
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2 stick to
v + prep + oa) ( hold to) \<\<road/path\>\> seguir* por; \<\<principles\>\> mantener*, no apartarse de; \<\<rules\>\> ceñirse* a, atenerse* athey didn't stick to the agreement — no cumplieron con or no respetaron el acuerdo
b) ( not digress from) \<\<subject/facts\>\> ceñirse* astick to the point — no te vayas por las ramas (fam), no te apartes del tema
c) ( restrict oneself to) limitarse ad) (continue at, persevere in) seguir* con, perseverar cone) ( follow closely)stick close to me — no te separes de mí, pégate a mí (fam)
* * *v + prep + oa) ( hold to) \<\<road/path\>\> seguir* por; \<\<principles\>\> mantener*, no apartarse de; \<\<rules\>\> ceñirse* a, atenerse* athey didn't stick to the agreement — no cumplieron con or no respetaron el acuerdo
b) ( not digress from) \<\<subject/facts\>\> ceñirse* astick to the point — no te vayas por las ramas (fam), no te apartes del tema
c) ( restrict oneself to) limitarse ad) (continue at, persevere in) seguir* con, perseverar cone) ( follow closely)stick close to me — no te separes de mí, pégate a mí (fam)
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3 stray
strei
1. verb(to wander, especially from the right path, place etc: The shepherd went to search for some sheep that had strayed; to stray from the point.) extraviarse, perderse
2. noun(a cat, dog etc that has strayed and has no home.) animal extraviado
3. adjective1) (wandering or lost: stray cats and dogs.) perdido, extraviado, callejero2) (occasional, or not part of a general group or tendency: The sky was clear except for one or two stray clouds.) aisladostray1 adj callejero / abandonado / extraviadostray2 vb apartarsedon't stray from the path, you'll get lost no te apartes del camino, te perderástr[streɪ]2 (isolated, odd) perdido,-a1 (animal) animal nombre masculino extraviado1 (get lost) extraviarse, perderse; (wander away) desviarse, apartarse, alejarse; (from group) separarse, apartarse, alejarse2 figurative use (digress, wander) divagar, apartarse del tema, desviarse del temastray ['streɪ] vi1) wander: alejarse, extraviarsethe cattle strayed away: el ganado se descarrió2) digress: desviarse, divagarstray adj: perdido, callejero (dícese de un perro o un gato), descarriado (dícese del ganado)stray n: animal m perdido, animal m callejeroadj.• aislado, -a adj.• errante adj.• extraviado, -a adj.• mostrenco, -a adj.n.• animal extraviado s.m.• parásito s.m.• perdido s.m.v.• descarriarse v.• extraviarse v.• perderse v.
I streɪa) ( wander away) apartarse, alejarse; ( get lost) extraviarse*, perderse*to stray FROM somebody/something: we strayed from the rest of the group nos apartamos or nos alejamos del resto del grupo; several sheep strayed from the flock varias ovejas se separaron del resto del rebaño or se descarriaron; we strayed off the path nos apartamos del camino; I strayed into a military zone — me metí sin querer en una zona militar
b) ( digress)he kept straying from the issue — se apartaba or se desviaba una y otra vez del tema
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b) (random, scattered)
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[streɪ]1. ADJ1) (=errant) [bullet] perdido; [sheep] descarriado; [cow, dog] extraviadoa stray cat — (=lost) un gato extraviado; (=alley cat) un gato callejero
2) (=isolated, occasional) aislado2. N1) (=animal) animal m extraviado; (=child) niño(-a) m / f sin hogar, niño(-a) m / f desamparado(-a)2) strays (Rad) parásitos mpl3. VI1) [animal] (=roam) extraviarse; (=get lost) perderse, extraviarse2) (=wander) [person] vagar, ir sin rumbo fijo; [speaker, thoughts] desvariarto stray from — (also fig) apartarse de
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I [streɪ]a) ( wander away) apartarse, alejarse; ( get lost) extraviarse*, perderse*to stray FROM somebody/something: we strayed from the rest of the group nos apartamos or nos alejamos del resto del grupo; several sheep strayed from the flock varias ovejas se separaron del resto del rebaño or se descarriaron; we strayed off the path nos apartamos del camino; I strayed into a military zone — me metí sin querer en una zona militar
b) ( digress)he kept straying from the issue — se apartaba or se desviaba una y otra vez del tema
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b) (random, scattered)
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