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drifts off

  • 1 desviarse

    1 (avión, barco) to go off course; (coche) to make a detour
    2 (golpe, balón) to be deflected
    3 (persona, camino) to leave
    4 figurado (tema) to stray (de, from), go (de, off)
    * * *
    1) to turn aside, turn away
    * * *
    VPR
    1) [de camino] [persona] to turn aside, turn away (de from)
    [carretera] to branch off
    2) (Náut) to sail off course
    3) (Aut) to make a detour
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    (v.) = stray (from/outside), skew away, drift off, fork
    Ex. Public libraries have had difficulty in establishing such a role without straying too far outside their own area of competence.
    Ex. Management priorities are often skewed away from emphasis on continuing education.
    Ex. The study loses track of its argument at times and drifts off into analyses of the peacemaking process that are not relevant.
    Ex. Meanings in art come in layers, their ways forking and crossing one another like the meandering paths of a labyrinth.
    * * *
    (v.) = stray (from/outside), skew away, drift off, fork

    Ex: Public libraries have had difficulty in establishing such a role without straying too far outside their own area of competence.

    Ex: Management priorities are often skewed away from emphasis on continuing education.
    Ex: The study loses track of its argument at times and drifts off into analyses of the peacemaking process that are not relevant.
    Ex: Meanings in art come in layers, their ways forking and crossing one another like the meandering paths of a labyrinth.

    * * *

    ■desviarse verbo reflexivo
    1 (de un camino, ruta) to go off course
    2 (tomar una desviación) to turn off
    3 fig (del tema, asunto) to digress
    ' desviarse' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    derivar
    - desviar
    - divagar
    - girar
    - seguido
    English:
    branch off
    - depart
    - deviate
    - off
    - stray
    - turn aside
    - vary
    - wander
    - course
    - deflect
    - detour
    - fork
    - get
    - way
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    vpr
    1. [cambiar de dirección] [conductor] to make a detour;
    [vehículo] to go off course;
    la carretera se desvía a la derecha the road goes off to the right;
    desvíate en la próxima a la derecha take the next right turn
    2. [apartarse]
    desviarse de [camino, senda] to stray off;
    [tema] to get off; [conversación] to get off the subject of, to go off at a tangent from; [propósito, idea] to lose sight of;
    nadie se desviaba de la línea del partido no one departed from the party line
    * * *
    v/r
    1 ( girar) turn off
    2 ( bifurcarse) branch off
    3 ( apartarse) stray (de from)
    * * *
    vr
    1) : to branch off
    2) apartarse: to stray
    * * *
    1. (girar) to turn off
    2. (carretera) to branch off

    Spanish-English dictionary > desviarse

  • 2 divagar

    v.
    1 to digress.
    2 to let one's mind wander, to be vague, to moon around, to talk vaguely.
    * * *
    Conjugation model [ LLEGAR], like link=llegar llegar
    1 to digress, ramble
    * * *
    VI
    1) (=salirse del tema) to digress

    ¡no divagues! — get on with it!, come to the point!

    2) (=hablar vagamente) to ramble
    * * *
    verbo intransitivo
    a) ( desviarse del tema) to digress
    b) ( hablar sin sentido) to ramble
    * * *
    = ramble, digress, meander, drift off, wander off + track, wander off + topic, go off on + a tangent, go off at + a tangent, go off + the track, get off + the track, fly off on + a tangent.
    Ex. Because by now comparative librarianship has a well-developed methodology, he does not have to waste his effort by rambling.
    Ex. But let me digress for a moment.
    Ex. They are mixed up as the talk meanders about, apparently without conscious pattern.
    Ex. The study loses track of its argument at times and drifts off into analyses of the peacemaking process that are not relevant.
    Ex. You may find that it is easy to find ourself wandering off track, following something that really interests you, and ultimately not answering the question.
    Ex. Occasional wandering off topic is allowed, but should be kept to a bare minimum.
    Ex. The book encourages the reader to go off on a tangent and wander from thought to thought endlessly.
    Ex. If you go off at tangents, you could end up with pointless discussions about the best car to buy, the public transport alternatives, etc.
    Ex. The Commission, however, goes off the track with its structural and institutional recommendations on how to ensure the long-term availability of public information resources = No obstante, la Comisión se sale por la tangente con sus recomendaciones estructurales e institucionales sobre cómo asegurar la disponibilidad a largo plazo de los recursos de información pública.
    Ex. 'This discussion is getting off the track,' he said politely = "Esta discusión se está saliendo por la tangente", dijo cortésmente.
    Ex. There's a real danger of flying off on a tangent while writing about this as it for once is purely about politics and there's 'nowt' as controversial as that.
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    * divagar sobre varios temas = roam over + topics.
    * * *
    verbo intransitivo
    a) ( desviarse del tema) to digress
    b) ( hablar sin sentido) to ramble
    * * *
    = ramble, digress, meander, drift off, wander off + track, wander off + topic, go off on + a tangent, go off at + a tangent, go off + the track, get off + the track, fly off on + a tangent.

    Ex: Because by now comparative librarianship has a well-developed methodology, he does not have to waste his effort by rambling.

    Ex: But let me digress for a moment.
    Ex: They are mixed up as the talk meanders about, apparently without conscious pattern.
    Ex: The study loses track of its argument at times and drifts off into analyses of the peacemaking process that are not relevant.
    Ex: You may find that it is easy to find ourself wandering off track, following something that really interests you, and ultimately not answering the question.
    Ex: Occasional wandering off topic is allowed, but should be kept to a bare minimum.
    Ex: The book encourages the reader to go off on a tangent and wander from thought to thought endlessly.
    Ex: If you go off at tangents, you could end up with pointless discussions about the best car to buy, the public transport alternatives, etc.
    Ex: The Commission, however, goes off the track with its structural and institutional recommendations on how to ensure the long-term availability of public information resources = No obstante, la Comisión se sale por la tangente con sus recomendaciones estructurales e institucionales sobre cómo asegurar la disponibilidad a largo plazo de los recursos de información pública.
    Ex: 'This discussion is getting off the track,' he said politely = "Esta discusión se está saliendo por la tangente", dijo cortésmente.
    Ex: There's a real danger of flying off on a tangent while writing about this as it for once is purely about politics and there's 'nowt' as controversial as that.
    * divagar sobre varios temas = roam over + topics.

    * * *
    divagar [A3 ]
    vi
    to digress
    el conferenciante empezó a divagar the speaker began to go off at a tangent o go off the point o disgress
    déjate de divagar stop straying o wandering off the subject o going off the point
    había tomado mucho vino y ya empezaba a divagar he'd drunk a lot of wine and he was starting to ramble
    * * *

    divagar ( conjugate divagar) verbo intransitivo


    divagar verbo intransitivo to digress, wander
    ' divagar' also found in these entries:
    English:
    ramble
    * * *
    to ramble;
    deja ya de divagar y ve al grano stop rambling and get to the point;
    cuando se pone a divagar no hay quien lo aguante he's unbearable when he starts to ramble on
    * * *
    v/i digress
    * * *
    divagar {52} vi
    : to digress

    Spanish-English dictionary > divagar

  • 3 vagar

    v.
    to wander about, to stroll, to wander, to gad.
    * * *
    1 (errar) to wander ( por, about), roam ( por, about)
    ————————
    1 (estar ocioso) to idle about, loaf around
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    verb
    * * *
    1. VI
    1) (=errar) to wander (about), roam; (=rondar) to prowl about; (=pasear) to saunter up and down, wander about the streets; (=entretenerse) to loiter; (=gandulear) to idle, loaf
    2) (Mec) to be loose, move about
    2.
    SM (=tiempo libre) leisure, free time; (=pereza) idleness; (=calma) lack of anxiety, freedom from worry
    * * *
    verbo intransitivo to wander, roam
    * * *
    = bob about, meander, roam (about/around), range, wander, drift off, rove.
    Ex. 'Out of the secretarial world it comes, the prime example of the untethered query, bobbing uselessly about till one can tell what caused it to be launched'.
    Ex. They are mixed up as the talk meanders about, apparently without conscious pattern.
    Ex. Unless children are given time to roam about unhindered among books of many kinds, left alone to choose for themselves, and to do what any avid adult reader does, then maybe we labor in vain.
    Ex. We will be bringing scholars from all over the world both to range widely in our multiform collections and put things together rather than just take them apart.
    Ex. The article is entitled ' Wandering the Web: further developments on the global information bazaar'.
    Ex. The study loses track of its argument at times and drifts off into analyses of the peacemaking process that are not relevant.
    Ex. The production is extremely lively: Wandering musicians rove the tiny stage and aisles, competing with birdsong and baroque concertos over the tannoy.
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    * vagar libremente = roam + free.
    * * *
    verbo intransitivo to wander, roam
    * * *
    = bob about, meander, roam (about/around), range, wander, drift off, rove.

    Ex: 'Out of the secretarial world it comes, the prime example of the untethered query, bobbing uselessly about till one can tell what caused it to be launched'.

    Ex: They are mixed up as the talk meanders about, apparently without conscious pattern.
    Ex: Unless children are given time to roam about unhindered among books of many kinds, left alone to choose for themselves, and to do what any avid adult reader does, then maybe we labor in vain.
    Ex: We will be bringing scholars from all over the world both to range widely in our multiform collections and put things together rather than just take them apart.
    Ex: The article is entitled ' Wandering the Web: further developments on the global information bazaar'.
    Ex: The study loses track of its argument at times and drifts off into analyses of the peacemaking process that are not relevant.
    Ex: The production is extremely lively: Wandering musicians rove the tiny stage and aisles, competing with birdsong and baroque concertos over the tannoy.
    * vagar libremente = roam + free.

    * * *
    vagar [A3 ]
    vi
    to wander, roam, drift
    * * *

    vagar ( conjugate vagar) verbo intransitivo
    to wander, roam
    vagar vi (ir sin rumbo fijo) to wander, roam: vagamos por la ciudad toda la noche, we wandered around the town all night long
    vagaba por el desierto, he was wandering about in the desert
    ' vagar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    errar
    - rondar
    English:
    drift
    - mooch
    - roam
    - rove
    - wander
    - meander
    * * *
    vagar vi
    vagar (por) to wander (around), to roam;
    vagando por las calles de la ciudad wandering around o roaming the streets of the city
    * * *
    v/i wander
    * * *
    vagar {52} vi
    errar: to roam, to wander
    * * *
    vagar vb to wander

    Spanish-English dictionary > vagar

  • 4 mediación en un conflicto

    (n.) = peacekeeping [peace-keeping], good offices, peacemaking [peace-making]
    Ex. The article is entitled 'A bibliographic foray into documents and publications relating to peacekeeping in Cambodia'.
    Ex. This enables the library to use the MPEs' good offices and contacts to influence the national government on projects which are important for the area.
    Ex. The study loses track of its argument at times and drifts off into analyses of the peacemaking process that are not relevant.
    * * *
    (n.) = peacekeeping [peace-keeping], good offices, peacemaking [peace-making]

    Ex: The article is entitled 'A bibliographic foray into documents and publications relating to peacekeeping in Cambodia'.

    Ex: This enables the library to use the MPEs' good offices and contacts to influence the national government on projects which are important for the area.
    Ex: The study loses track of its argument at times and drifts off into analyses of the peacemaking process that are not relevant.

    Spanish-English dictionary > mediación en un conflicto

  • 5 perder la pista de

    (v.) = lose + track of
    Ex. The study loses track of its argument at times and drifts off into analyses of the peacemaking process that are not relevant.
    * * *
    (v.) = lose + track of

    Ex: The study loses track of its argument at times and drifts off into analyses of the peacemaking process that are not relevant.

    Spanish-English dictionary > perder la pista de

  • 6 resolución de conflictos

    (n.) = conflict resolution, peacemaking [peace-making]
    Ex. This is a membership organization for the study of military strategy, arms control, regional security and conflict resolution = Ésta es una organización de socios para el estudio de la estrategia militar, el control de armas, la seguridad en las regiones del mundo y la resolución de conflictos.
    Ex. The study loses track of its argument at times and drifts off into analyses of the peacemaking process that are not relevant.
    * * *
    (n.) = conflict resolution, peacemaking [peace-making]

    Ex: This is a membership organization for the study of military strategy, arms control, regional security and conflict resolution = Ésta es una organización de socios para el estudio de la estrategia militar, el control de armas, la seguridad en las regiones del mundo y la resolución de conflictos.

    Ex: The study loses track of its argument at times and drifts off into analyses of the peacemaking process that are not relevant.

    Spanish-English dictionary > resolución de conflictos

  • 7 alejarse de

    v.
    1 to get away from, to draw away from, to grow away from, to step away from.
    Ella se alejó del incendio She got away from the fire.
    2 to move away from, to retire from, to draw off from.
    Ellos se alejaron del vecindario They moved away from the neighborhood.
    3 to recede from, to retreat from.
    El tornado se alejó de la playa The tornado retreated from the beach.
    * * *
    (v.) = move away from, drift away from, wander from, turn away from, cut + Reflexivo + off from, become + detached from, pull away (from), step away from
    Ex. Books, staff and readers will need to move shorter distances in a cubic building than in a linear building or one extended by moving away from a deep plan.
    Ex. When this track is followed, the conversation very quickly drifts away from the book and becomes gossip about ourselves.
    Ex. There is no need to wander from Greg's basic definition.
    Ex. Managers, overwhelmed by a cascade of documents, tend to turn away from print.
    Ex. Evidence indicates that the Dead Sea Scrolls are the remains of the library of an apocalyptic sect who cut themselves off from worldly experience to devote their time to homiletic study.
    Ex. We see the conceptualisation of Indigenous knowledge becoming detached from holistic notions of 'culture' in the human sciences.
    Ex. Recent patterns of decisions have seen the federal government pulling away from its role as a leading player in the information age.
    Ex. In stepping away from the genre's glamorous robberies and flashy lifestyle, this stealthy, potent movie tracks down the British gangster icon to its inevitable end.
    * * *
    (v.) = move away from, drift away from, wander from, turn away from, cut + Reflexivo + off from, become + detached from, pull away (from), step away from

    Ex: Books, staff and readers will need to move shorter distances in a cubic building than in a linear building or one extended by moving away from a deep plan.

    Ex: When this track is followed, the conversation very quickly drifts away from the book and becomes gossip about ourselves.
    Ex: There is no need to wander from Greg's basic definition.
    Ex: Managers, overwhelmed by a cascade of documents, tend to turn away from print.
    Ex: Evidence indicates that the Dead Sea Scrolls are the remains of the library of an apocalyptic sect who cut themselves off from worldly experience to devote their time to homiletic study.
    Ex: We see the conceptualisation of Indigenous knowledge becoming detached from holistic notions of 'culture' in the human sciences.
    Ex: Recent patterns of decisions have seen the federal government pulling away from its role as a leading player in the information age.
    Ex: In stepping away from the genre's glamorous robberies and flashy lifestyle, this stealthy, potent movie tracks down the British gangster icon to its inevitable end.

    Spanish-English dictionary > alejarse de

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