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Verb
desvio
- first-person singular present indicative of desviar
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /dezˈvi.u/, /dezˈviw/ , /d͡ʒizˈvi.u/, /d͡ʒizˈviw/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /dezˈvi.u/, /dezˈviw/ , /d͡ʒizˈvi.u/, /d͡ʒizˈviw/
Etymology 1
Deverbal from desviar, from Old Galician-Portuguese desviar, from Latin dēviāre (“to stray”).
Noun
desvio m (plural desvios)
- deviation (the act of deviating; a wandering from the way)
- distraction (diversion of attention)
- Synonyms: afastamento, diversão, divergência, distração
- bypass (a road that passes around something)
- curve (bend in a road)
- (rail transportation) points (movable rails used to switch a train from one track to another)
- embezzlement (fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner)
- Synonyms: descaminho, desfalque, extravio, peculato
- deviation from norms or good conduct
- (mathematics, physics) difference between values
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Etymology 2
Verb
desvio
- first-person singular present indicative of desviar