digress

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• /daɪˈɡɹɛs/
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From Latin digressum, past participle of digredi.

49 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Armenian: շեղվել (šeġvel) — to deviate — see also go off on a tangent
• Bulgarian: отклонявам се (otklonjavam se) — to deviate — see also go off on a tangent
• Catalan: desviar-se — to deviate — see also go off on a tangent
• Czech: odbíhat — to deviate — see also go off on a tangent
• Dutch: afdwalen — to deviate — see also go off on a tangent
• Esperanto: deflankiĝi — to deviate — see also go off on a tangent
• Finnish: eksyä (aiheesta) — to deviate — see also go off on a tangent
• Finnish: poiketa (aiheesta) — to deviate — see also go off on a tangent
• French: s'écarter — to deviate — see also go off on a tangent
• French: dévier — to deviate — see also go off on a tangent
• French: digresser — to deviate — see also go off on a tangent
• Galician: divagar — to deviate — see also go off on a tangent
• German: abgehen — to deviate — see also go off on a tangent
• German: abschweifen — to deviate — see also go off on a tangent
• German: ausschweifen — to deviate — see also go off on a tangent
• Hungarian: elkalandozik — to deviate — see also go off on a tangent
• Hungarian: eltér a tárgytól — to deviate — see also go off on a tangent
• Ido: digresar — to deviate — see also go off on a tangent
• Italian: divagare — to deviate — see also go off on a tangent
• Māori: kāwekaweka — to deviate — see also go off on a tangent
• Polish: odbiegać — to deviate — see also go off on a tangent
• Polish: odbiec — to deviate — see also go off on a tangent
• Portuguese: divagar — to deviate — see also go off on a tangent
• Romanian: devia — to deviate — see also go off on a tangent
• Russian: отклоня́ться (otklonjátʹsja) — to deviate — see also go off on a tangent
• Russian: отвлекаться (otvlekatʹsja) — to deviate — see also go off on a tangent
• Scottish Gaelic: rach a thaobh — to deviate — see also go off on a tangent
• Serbo-Croatian: застранити — to deviate — see also go off on a tangent
• Serbo-Croatian: одступити — to deviate — see also go off on a tangent
• Serbo-Croatian: скренути — to deviate — see also go off on a tangent
• Serbo-Croatian: zastraniti — to deviate — see also go off on a tangent
• Serbo-Croatian: odstupiti — to deviate — see also go off on a tangent
• Serbo-Croatian: skrenuti — to deviate — see also go off on a tangent
• Slovene: kreniti vstran — to deviate — see also go off on a tangent
• Slovene: oddaljiti se — to deviate — see also go off on a tangent
• Spanish: desviarse — to deviate — see also go off on a tangent
• Spanish: irse por una digresión — to deviate — see also go off on a tangent
• Spanish: irse por una disquisición — to deviate — see also go off on a tangent
• Spanish: divagar — to deviate — see also go off on a tangent
• Spanish: digresionar — to deviate — see also go off on a tangent
• Spanish: digresar — to deviate — see also go off on a tangent
• Spanish: digredir — to deviate — see also go off on a tangent
• Spanish: elucubrar — to deviate — see also go off on a tangent
• Spanish: disquisicionar — to deviate — see also go off on a tangent
• Spanish: disquirir — to deviate — see also go off on a tangent
• Yiddish: פאַררעדן זיך (farredn zikh) — to deviate — see also go off on a tangent
• Armenian: շեղվել (šeġvel) — to transgress
• Romanian: ofensa — to transgress
• Russian: отступа́ть (otstupátʹ) — to transgress