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1 astray
ə'streiadjective, adverb(away from the right direction; missing, lost: The letter has gone astray; We were led astray by the inaccurate map.) extraviado, perdidotr[ə'streɪ]1 extraviado,-a\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLto lead astray pervertir, llevar por el mal caminoastray [ə'streɪ] adv & adj: perdido, extraviado, descarriadoadv.• por mal camino adv.n.• desencaminado s.m.ə'streɪto go astray — ( get lost) \<\<letter/person\>\> extraviarse*, perderse*; ( do wrong) (euph or hum) descarriarse*
to lead somebody astray — (euph or hum) llevar a alguien por mal camino
[ǝ'streɪ]ADV1) (lit)to go astray — (=get lost) extraviarse
2) (fig)to go astray — (=make a mistake) equivocarse; (morally) ir por mal camino
* * *[ə'streɪ]to go astray — ( get lost) \<\<letter/person\>\> extraviarse*, perderse*; ( do wrong) (euph or hum) descarriarse*
to lead somebody astray — (euph or hum) llevar a alguien por mal camino
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2 mislead
mis'li:dpast tense, past participle - misled; verb(to give a wrong idea to: Her friendly attitude misled me into thinking I could trust her.) engañartr[mɪs'liːd]■ we were misled into believing that the house was new nos engañaron haciéndonos creer que la casa era nueva2 (lead in wrong direction) llevar en dirección equivocada, enseñar el mal camino a3 figurative use (lead astray) llevar por mal camino4 SMALLLAW/SMALL inducir a error\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLto be misled dejarse engañarto mislead somebody into doing something engañar a alguien para que haga algov.• desaviar v.• descaminar v.• desencaminar v.• despistar v.• engañar v.• extraviar v.'mɪs'liːdtransitive verb (past & past p - led) engañar; \<\<court/parliament\>\> inducir* a error[mɪs'liːd](pt, pp misled) VT1) (=give wrong idea) engañarI wouldn't like to mislead you — no quisiera inducirle a error, no me gustaría que se hiciera una idea equivocada
2) (=misdirect) despistar3) (=lead into bad ways) corromper* * *['mɪs'liːd]transitive verb (past & past p - led) engañar; \<\<court/parliament\>\> inducir* a error
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