desvio

Noun

1. (masculine) deviation (the act of deviating; a wandering from the way)
2. (masculine) distraction (diversion of attention)
3. (masculine) bypass (a road that passes around something)
4. (masculine) curve (bend in a road)
5. (masculine) points (movable rails used to switch a train from one track to another)
6. (masculine) embezzlement (fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner)
7. (masculine) deviation from norms or good conduct
8. (masculine) difference between values

Verb

first-person singular present indicative of desviar

desviar

1. to divert
2. to deviate
3. to deflect
4. to swerve
5. to detour

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/dezˈvi.u/

Etymology

Deverbal from desviar, from Old Galician-Portuguese desviar, from Latin dēviāre (“to stray”).

Concepts

detour

deviation

bypass

roundabout

departure

warp

branch

dislocation

diverge

diversion

drift

inflection

junction

offshoot

pinion

shift

shifting

sidetrack

side track

slippage

switch

turn

turning

variance

vary

roundabout way

spur track

branch-off

branch duct

branchline

branching

byway

deflection

depart

deviance

deviate

Synonyms

contorno

variar

derrapagem

inflexão

ramificação

troca

Translations

desviación

deviazione

déviation

desviació

desvío

Umleitung

Abweichung

omweg

Umweg

omleiding

objazd

marrada

détour

contournement

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