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desviar

/desˈbjaɾ/ verb B2
  1. to divert, to distract, to shift, to sidetrack
  2. to deflect
  3. to derail (e.g. a movement, a process) (figuratively)
  4. to bypass, to reroute, to redirect
  5. to siphon, to siphon off (e.g. money, funds)
  6. to forward (a phone call)
  7. to avert (e.g. one's eyes or gaze)
  8. to change (e.g. the subject, the course, the conversation)
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Verb forms

Infinitive
desviar
Gerund
desviando
Past participle
desviado
Present (yo)
desvío
Preterite (yo)
desvié

An irregular verb: some of its forms don’t follow the rules, so learn them by heart.

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En 1914 se inauguró el canal de Panamá, y los barcos dejaron de necesitar el largo desvío por el sur del continente.
Valparaíso, ciudad de cerros y memoria, p. 1 · C2
Murió en París en 1984, pero sus libros siguen proponiendo lo mismo que él proponía: que la realidad tiene puertas secretas y que basta un pequeño desvío en la rutina para encontrarlas.
Julio Cortázar, el arquitecto del juego, p. 1 · C2

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