Extraviada (en. Missing)

/eks-tra-βja-'ða/

Meaning & Definition

EnglishSpanish

adjective

Definition: Someone who has lost their path or direction.

Example sentence: The girl was lost in the forest.

La niña estaba extraviada en el bosque.

Definition: Someone who has deviated from what was usual or expected.

Example sentence: Her ideas were becoming increasingly lost.

Sus ideas se volvían cada vez más extraviadas.

Etymology/Origin: From the verb 'extraviar', which comes from the Latin 'extraviare', meaning 'to divert' or 'to lose the way'.

Phrase: lost in her thoughts

Meaning: to be distracted or confused about what one is thinking.

extraviada en sus pensamientos

Phrase: no lost person who doesn't find the way

Meaning: it means that there is always a solution or way out, even in complicated situations.

no hay extraviada que no encuentre el camino

Related word: lose

Description: To lose something or to divert its path.

extraviar

Related word: divert

Description: To make something change direction.

desviar

Related word: lose

Description: Not having something that was previously possessed.

perder

Meaning: to be lost in life

Example: Since she lost her job, she feels lost, as if she doesn't know what to do.

Desde que perdió su trabajo, se siente extraviada, como si no supiera qué hacer.

Meaning: to be not in one's right mind

Example: The guy was so lost that he didn't even recognize his friends.

El tipo estaba tan extraviado que ni siquiera reconocía a sus amigos.