- desviar
- v.1 to divert.2 to deviate, to deflect, to detour, to put off track.El guarda desvió el auto The guard deviated the car.El agua desvía la luz Water deviates light.Ella desvió su atención She deviated his attention.3 to turn aside, to shift, to turn, to avert.* * *DESVIARCONJUGACIÓN(stressed í in certain persons of certain tenses)Present Indicativedesvío, desvías, desvía, desviamos, desviáis, desvían.Present Subjunctivedesvíe, desvíes, desvíe, desviemos, desviéis, desvíen.Imperativedesvía (tú), desvíe (él/Vd.), desviemos (nos.), desviad (vos.), desvíen (ellos/Vds.).* * *verb1) to divert2) turn away•* * *1. VT1) (=apartar) [+ balón, flecha] to deflect; [+ golpe] to parry; [+ pregunta] to evade; [+ ojos] to avert, turn away; [+ tren] to switch, switch into a siding; [+ avión, circulación] to divert (por through)
desviar el cauce de un río — to alter the course of o divert a river
desviar la conversación — to change the subject
desviar el balón a córner — to send the ball out for a corner
2) [+ persona]lo desviaron de su propósito — they dissuaded him from his intention
desviar a algn de su vocación — to turn sb from their vocation
desviar a algn de las malas compañías — to wean sb away from bad company
2.See:* * *1.verbo transitivo1) <tráfico/vuelo> to divert; <río> to alter the course of; <golpe/pelota> to deflect, parry; <fondos> to divertdesviar la conversación — to change the subject
desvió la mirada — he looked away, he averted his gaze
2) (apartar)2.desviar a alguien de algo: desviar a alguien del buen camino to lead somebody astray; aquello me desvió de mi propósito — that deflected me from my goal
desviarse v pronel coche se desvió hacia el centro de la ciudad/hacia la derecha — the car turned off toward(s) the city center/turned off to the right
la conversación se desvió hacia otros temas — the conversation turned to other things
2) personadesviarse de algo — to stray off something
nos estamos desviando del tema — we're getting off the point
* * *= deflect, divert.Ex. On deflecting one of these levers to the right he runs through the book before him, each page in turn being projected at a speed which just allows a recognizing glance at each.Ex. In February 1986 an unforeseeable financial crisis at the Georgia Institute of Technology's library made it necessary to divert the binding budget to other areas and without warning binding activities were halted.----* desviar a = shunt into.* desviar el debate de ... a = wrest + discussion + away from ... to.* desviar fondos = divert + funds.* desviar + Posesivo + atención = divert + Posesivo + attention.* desviarse = stray (from/outside), skew away, drift off, fork.* desviarse de = depart from, deviate (from), wander from.* desviarse del buen camino = go off + the rails.* desviarse del curso = veer from + course.* desviarse del tema = go off on + a tangent, go off at + a tangent, wander off + track, wander off + topic, go off + the track, get off + the track, fly off on + a tangent.* desviarse del tema en cuestión = go off on + another track.* desviarse del tema principal = sidetrack.* desviarse de rumbo = be off course, fly off + course.* desviarse de un tema temporalmente = go off on + side excursions.* * *1.verbo transitivo1) <tráfico/vuelo> to divert; <río> to alter the course of; <golpe/pelota> to deflect, parry; <fondos> to divertdesviar la conversación — to change the subject
desvió la mirada — he looked away, he averted his gaze
2) (apartar)2.desviar a alguien de algo: desviar a alguien del buen camino to lead somebody astray; aquello me desvió de mi propósito — that deflected me from my goal
desviarse v pronel coche se desvió hacia el centro de la ciudad/hacia la derecha — the car turned off toward(s) the city center/turned off to the right
la conversación se desvió hacia otros temas — the conversation turned to other things
2) personadesviarse de algo — to stray off something
nos estamos desviando del tema — we're getting off the point
* * *= deflect, divert.Ex: On deflecting one of these levers to the right he runs through the book before him, each page in turn being projected at a speed which just allows a recognizing glance at each.
Ex: In February 1986 an unforeseeable financial crisis at the Georgia Institute of Technology's library made it necessary to divert the binding budget to other areas and without warning binding activities were halted.* desviar a = shunt into.* desviar el debate de ... a = wrest + discussion + away from ... to.* desviar fondos = divert + funds.* desviar + Posesivo + atención = divert + Posesivo + attention.* desviarse = stray (from/outside), skew away, drift off, fork.* desviarse de = depart from, deviate (from), wander from.* desviarse del buen camino = go off + the rails.* desviarse del curso = veer from + course.* desviarse del tema = go off on + a tangent, go off at + a tangent, wander off + track, wander off + topic, go off + the track, get off + the track, fly off on + a tangent.* desviarse del tema en cuestión = go off on + another track.* desviarse del tema principal = sidetrack.* desviarse de rumbo = be off course, fly off + course.* desviarse de un tema temporalmente = go off on + side excursions.* * *desviar [A17 ]vtA ‹tráfico› to divert; ‹río› to alter the course of, divert; ‹golpe/pelota› to deflect, ward off, parryel avión/vuelo fue desviado a Detroit the plane/flight was diverted to Detroitdesviar la conversación to change the subjectdesvió la mirada or los ojos he looked away, he averted his gaze o eyesB (Fin) ‹fondos› to divertC (apartar) desviar a algn DE algo:las malas compañías lo han desviado del buen camino the bad company he keeps has led him astrayno conseguirán desviarme de mi propósito they will not manage to deflect me from my goal■ desviarvito turn off■ desviarsev pronA «carretera» to branch off; «vehículo» to turn offdonde la carretera se desvía hacia la frontera where the road branches off toward(s) the borderel coche se desvió hacia el centro de la ciudad the car turned off toward(s) the city centerla conversación se desvió hacia otros temas the conversation turned to other thingsB «persona»: desviarse DE algo; to stray OFF sthnos desviamos del camino y nos perdimos we went off o strayed off the path and got lostse han desviado de su programa original they have strayed from their original plannos estamos desviando del tema we're getting off the point o going off at a tangent o getting sidetracked, we're digressing* * *
desviar (conjugate desviar) verbo transitivo ‹tráfico/vuelo/fondos› to divert;
‹río› to alter the course of;
‹golpe/pelota› to deflect, parry;◊ desviar la conversación to change the subject;
desvió la mirada he looked away
desviarse verbo pronominal
1 [carretera] to branch off;
[vehículo] to turn off;◊ la conversación se desvió hacia otros temas the conversation turned to other things
2 [persona] desviarse de algo ‹de ruta› to deviate from sth;
‹de tema› to get off sth
desviar verbo transitivo
1 (un río, el tráfico, fondos) to divert, detour
2 (un tiro, golpe) to deflect
3 (la conversación) to change
4 (la mirada) to avert
'desviar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
derivar
- distraer
English:
avert
- deflect
- divert
- head off
- redirect
- siphon off
- switch
- turn aside
- ward off
- detour
- reroute
- side
- siphon
- ward
* * *desviar♦ vt1. [tráfico, automóviles] to divert;[río, cauce] to divert; [dirección, rumbo] to change;aquello desvió al “Mayflower” de su rumbo that caused the “Mayflower” to change course;los vuelos fueron desviados al aeropuerto de Luton flights were diverted to Luton airport2. [fondos] to divert (a into)3. [golpe] to parry;[pelota, disparo] to deflect;Sanz desvió el balón a córner Sanz deflected the ball for a corner4. [pregunta] to evade;[conversación] to change the direction of;no desvíes la conversación don't get us off the subject5. [mirada, ojos] to avert;desvió la mirada avergonzado he looked away in shame6. [apartar] to dissuade, to turn aside (de from);aquel imprevisto lo desvió de sus planes that unforeseen circumstance caused him to depart from his plans♦ See also the pronominal verb desviarse* * *desviarv/t1 golpe deflect, parry; pelota deflect; tráfico divert; río divert, alter the course of;desviar la conversación change the subject;desviar la mirada look away2:desviar a alguien del buen camino lead s.o. astray* * *desviar {85} vt1) : to change the course of, to divert2) : to turn away, to deflect♦ See also the reflexive verb desviarse* * *desviar vb (tráfico) to divertla policía desvía el tráfico the police are diverting the trafficdesviar la conversación to change the subjectdesviar la mirada to look away
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.