FromLatindēviāre.
desviar (first-person singular presentdesvio,first-person singular preteritedesvií,past participledesviat)
- (transitive, reflexive) todivert, todeviate
- “desviar”, inDiccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition,Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan:Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
- “desviar”, inGran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana,Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana,2025
- “desviar” inDiccionari normatiu valencià,Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “desviar” inDiccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
FromOld Galician-Portuguesedesviar, fromLatindēviāre.
- (Brazil)IPA(key): /dez.viˈa(ʁ)/[dez.vɪˈa(h)],(faster pronunciation)/dezˈvja(ʁ)/[dezˈvja(h)],/d͡ʒiz.viˈa(ʁ)/[d͡ʒiz.vɪˈa(h)],(faster pronunciation)/d͡ʒizˈvja(ʁ)/[d͡ʒizˈvja(h)]
- (Brazil)IPA(key): /dez.viˈa(ʁ)/[dez.vɪˈa(h)],(faster pronunciation)/dezˈvja(ʁ)/[dezˈvja(h)],/d͡ʒiz.viˈa(ʁ)/[d͡ʒiz.vɪˈa(h)],(faster pronunciation)/d͡ʒizˈvja(ʁ)/[d͡ʒizˈvja(h)]
- (São Paulo)IPA(key): /dez.viˈa(ɾ)/[dez.vɪˈa(ɾ)],(faster pronunciation)/dezˈvja(ɾ)/,/d͡ʒiz.viˈa(ɾ)/[d͡ʒiz.vɪˈa(ɾ)],(faster pronunciation)/d͡ʒizˈvja(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro)IPA(key): /deʒ.viˈa(ʁ)/[deʒ.vɪˈa(χ)],(faster pronunciation)/deʒˈvja(ʁ)/[deʒˈvja(χ)],/d͡ʒiʒ.viˈa(ʁ)/[d͡ʒiʒ.vɪˈa(χ)],(faster pronunciation)/d͡ʒiʒˈvja(ʁ)/[d͡ʒiʒˈvja(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil)IPA(key): /dez.viˈa(ɻ)/[dez.vɪˈa(ɻ)],(faster pronunciation)/dezˈvja(ɻ)/
desviar (first-person singular presentdesvio,first-person singular preteritedesviei,past participledesviado)
- todivert
- todeviate
- todeflect
- toswerve
- todetour
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
FromLatindēviāre, with replacement of Latindē- by Spanishdes-. Cognate withEnglishdeviate.
- IPA(key): /desˈbjaɾ/[d̪ezˈβ̞jaɾ]
- Rhymes:-aɾ
- Syllabification:des‧viar
desviar (first-person singular presentdesvío,first-person singular preteritedesvié,past participledesviado)
- todivert, todistract, toshift, tosidetrack
- todeflect
- (figuratively) toderail(e.g. a movement, a process)
- tobypass, toreroute, toredirect
- tosiphon, tosiphon off(e.g. money, funds)
- toforward(a phone call)
- toavert(e.g. one's eyes or gaze)
- tochange(e.g. the subject, the course, the conversation)
- toshunt
- (figuratively) toshunt(i.e. move aside)
- (reflexive) todeviate, todetour, toturnaside, todepart
- (reflexive) toturn off, toveer(e.g. to take an exit)
- (reflexive) tobranch off, tofork off(e.g. a road or highway)
- (reflexive) toswerve, to gooff course
- (reflexive) to getsidetracked
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayanvoseo prefers thetú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms ofdesviar (i-í alternation)
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
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| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person |
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| with infinitivedesviar | dative | desviarme | desviarte | desviarle,desviarse | desviarnos | desviaros | desviarles,desviarse |
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| accusative | desviarme | desviarte | desviarlo,desviarla,desviarse | desviarnos | desviaros | desviarlos,desviarlas,desviarse |
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| with gerunddesviando | dative | desviándome | desviándote | desviándole,desviándose | desviándonos | desviándoos | desviándoles,desviándose |
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| accusative | desviándome | desviándote | desviándolo,desviándola,desviándose | desviándonos | desviándoos | desviándolos,desviándolas,desviándose |
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| with informal second-person singulartú imperativedesvía | dative | desvíame | desvíate | desvíale | desvíanos | not used | desvíales |
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| accusative | desvíame | desvíate | desvíalo,desvíala | desvíanos | not used | desvíalos,desvíalas |
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| with informal second-person singularvos imperativedesviá | dative | desviame | desviate | desviale | desvianos | not used | desviales |
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| accusative | desviame | desviate | desvialo,desviala | desvianos | not used | desvialos,desvialas |
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| with formal second-person singular imperativedesvíe | dative | desvíeme | not used | desvíele,desvíese | desvíenos | not used | desvíeles |
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| accusative | desvíeme | not used | desvíelo,desvíela,desvíese | desvíenos | not used | desvíelos,desvíelas |
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| with first-person plural imperativedesviemos | dative | not used | desviémoste | desviémosle | desviémonos | desviémoos | desviémosles |
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| accusative | not used | desviémoste | desviémoslo,desviémosla | desviémonos | desviémoos | desviémoslos,desviémoslas |
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| with informal second-person plural imperativedesviad | dative | desviadme | not used | desviadle | desviadnos | desviaos | desviadles |
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| accusative | desviadme | not used | desviadlo,desviadla | desviadnos | desviaos | desviadlos,desviadlas |
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| with formal second-person plural imperativedesvíen | dative | desvíenme | not used | desvíenle | desvíennos | not used | desvíenles,desvíense |
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| accusative | desvíenme | not used | desvíenlo,desvíenla | desvíennos | not used | desvíenlos,desvíenlas,desvíense |
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