Desviar (en. Divert)

/desˈβi.aɾ/

Meaning & Definition

EnglishSpanish

verb

English: Make something take a different direction.

English: The driver had to divert his route due to the accident on the road.

El conductor tuvo que desviar su ruta por el accidente en la carretera.

English: Divert attention from a topic.

English: He tried to divert the conversation to another topic.

Trató de desviar la conversación hacia otro tema.

English: Alter the course of something.

English: They diverted the river to prevent flooding.

Desviaron el río para prevenir inundaciones.

English: From Latin 'deviāre', meaning 'to stray from the path.'

English: divert attention

English: Make someone not focus on an important matter.

desviar la atención

English: divert the gaze

English: Turn away from something that one does not want to see.

desviar la mirada

English: divert resources

English: Distribute funds or materials towards an objective different from the intended one.

desviar recursos

English: deviation

English: Action of diverting.

desviación

English: disconnection

English: Separation or disconnection between things or people.

desvinculación

English: diverted

English: Adjective referring to a diverted process.

desviarido

English: Divert in conversation

English: They always divert the conversation when the topic of economic problems comes up.

Siempre desvían la plática cuando se toca el tema de los problemas económicos.

English: Divert attention

English: That joke only served to divert attention from what was important.

Esa broma solo sirvió para desviar la atención de lo importante.