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Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin divagārī.
Pronunciation
Verb
divagar (first-person singular present divago, first-person singular preterite divaguei, past participle divagado)
- to digress
- to wander, ramble
Conjugation
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin divagārī. Cognate with English divagate.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dibaˈɡaɾ/
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: di‧va‧gar
Verb
divagar (first-person singular present divago, first-person singular preterite divagué, past participle divagado)
- to roam, wander, stray, ramble, digress
- Synonym: vagar
- ...pero estoy divagando. ― ...but I digress.
Conjugation
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
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