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1 wander
'wondə
1. verb1) (to go, move, walk etc (about, in or on) from place to place with no definite destination in mind: I'd like to spend a holiday wandering through France; The mother wandered the streets looking for her child.) recorrer; vagar, errar; pasearse sin propósito2) (to go astray or move away from the proper place or home: His mind wanders; My attention was wandering.) extraviarse; divagar, viajar
2. noun(an act of wandering: He's gone for a wander round the shops.) vuelta, paseo- wanderer- wanderlust
wander vb vagar / deambular / dar vueltastr['wɒndəSMALLr/SMALL]2 (stray) apartarse, desviarse, alejarse; (get lost) extraviarse3 (river, road) serpentear4 (mind, thoughts) desviarse, divagar; (person) apartarse, desviarse1 (streets, area) vagar por, recorrer1 vuelta, paseo\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLto go for a wander ir a dar una vueltawander ['wɑndər] vi1) ramble: deambular, vagar, vagabundear2) stray: alejarse, desviarse, divagarshe let her mind wander: dejó vagar la imaginaciónwander vt: recorrerto wander the streets: vagar por las callesv.• barloventear v.• deambular v.• desviarse v.• divagar v.• errar v.• extraviarse v.• pasear v.• recorrer v.• recorrer a la ventura v.• vagabundear v.• vagar v.• vaguear v.
I
1. 'wɑːndər, 'wɒndə(r)a) (+ adv compl) ( walk - in a leisurely way) pasear; (- aimlessly) deambular, vagar*he wandered in at ten — llegó a las diez tan campante or como si tal cosa
b) ( stray)don't wander off! we're leaving in five minutes — no te vayas por ahí, que dentro de cinco minutos nos vamos
don't wander off the point — no divagues, no te vayas por las ramas
to have wandering hands — tener* las manos largas
2.
to wander the streets — deambular or vagar* por las calles, caminar sin rumbo fijo
II
noun (esp BrE) (no pl) vuelta f, paseo m['wɒndǝ(r)]we're going to have a wander around the shops — vamos a dar una vuelta or un paseo por las tiendas
1.N paseo mto go for or have a wander — pasearse, dar un paseo, dar una vuelta
2. VI1) (for pleasure) pasear; (aimlessly) deambular, vagar, errarthey wandered aimlessly through the streets — iban deambulando or vagando por las calles
to wander round the shops — curiosear or pasearse por las tiendas
2) (=stray)to wander from the path — desviarse or alejarse del camino
3) (fig) [person] (in speech) divagarto wander from or off the point — salirse del tema
his attention wandered for a moment and the milk boiled over — se distrajo or despistó un momento y se le salió la leche
my attention wandered a bit in the second half of the film — perdí un poco la concentración or me distraje or me despisté en la segunda mitad de la película
3.VT [+ streets, hills] recorrer, vagar porhe had wandered the seven seas in search of it — liter había surcado los siete mares en su busca liter
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1. ['wɑːndər, 'wɒndə(r)]a) (+ adv compl) ( walk - in a leisurely way) pasear; (- aimlessly) deambular, vagar*he wandered in at ten — llegó a las diez tan campante or como si tal cosa
b) ( stray)don't wander off! we're leaving in five minutes — no te vayas por ahí, que dentro de cinco minutos nos vamos
don't wander off the point — no divagues, no te vayas por las ramas
to have wandering hands — tener* las manos largas
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to wander the streets — deambular or vagar* por las calles, caminar sin rumbo fijo
II
noun (esp BrE) (no pl) vuelta f, paseo mwe're going to have a wander around the shops — vamos a dar una vuelta or un paseo por las tiendas
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2 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)
III
[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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