desviarse — meaning in English

English meaning

• deflect verb To cause something to change direction, usually by bouncing or glancing off.
• deviate verb To move away from a planned course, method, or expected standard.
• digress verb To wander away from the main topic when speaking or writing.

Senses

desviarse is used for these senses in English:

• deflect (psychology) To redirect culpability to avoid it.
• deviate (intransitive) To go off course from; to change course; to change plans.
• digress (intransitive) To step or turn aside; to deviate; to swerve; especially, to turn aside from the main subject of attention, or course of argument, in writing or speaking.
• pull off (ambitransitive) To turn off (a road onto the side of the road, or onto another road).

deflect — full definition

1. verb To cause something to change direction, usually by bouncing or glancing off.
2. verb To avoid dealing directly with a question, criticism, or blame.

deviate — full definition

1. verb To move away from a planned course, method, or expected standard.
2. noun A measured value showing how far a variable differs from a fixed reference point.

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