wander

wander
'wondə
1. verb
1) (to go, move, walk etc (about, in or on) from place to place with no definite destination in mind: I'd like to spend a holiday wandering through France; The mother wandered the streets looking for her child.) recorrer; vagar, errar; pasearse sin propósito
2) (to go astray or move away from the proper place or home: His mind wanders; My attention was wandering.) extraviarse; divagar, viajar

2. noun
(an act of wandering: He's gone for a wander round the shops.) vuelta, paseo
- wanderlust
wander vb vagar / deambular / dar vueltas
he wandered round the town looking at the shops deambulaba por la ciudad viendo escaparates
wander
tr['wɒndəSMALLr/SMALL]
intransitive verb
1 (roam) deambular, errar, vagar; (stroll) pasear, caminar
they wandered through the desert vagaban por el desierto
I enjoy wandering around strange cities me gusta pasear por ciudades desconocidas
he wandered into the first pub he saw entró tranquilamente en el primer bar que vio
2 (stray) apartarse, desviarse, alejarse; (get lost) extraviarse
don't wander from the path no os apartéis del camino
it seems as though a child has wandered off parece que un niño se ha extraviado
3 (river, road) serpentear
4 (mind, thoughts) desviarse, divagar; (person) apartarse, desviarse
her attention kept wandering su atención divagaba
don't wander off the point no te desvíes del tema
transitive verb
1 (streets, area) vagar por, recorrer
she was found wandering the streets la encontraron vagando por las calles
noun
1 vuelta, paseo
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SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL
to go for a wander ir a dar una vuelta
wander ['wɑndər] vi
1) ramble: deambular, vagar, vagabundear
2) stray: alejarse, desviarse, divagar
she let her mind wander: dejó vagar la imaginación
wander vt
: recorrer
to wander the streets: vagar por las calles
wander
v.
barloventear v.
deambular v.
desviarse v.
divagar v.
errar v.
extraviarse v.
pasear v.
recorrer v.
recorrer a la ventura v.
vagabundear v.
vagar v.
vaguear v.

I
1. 'wɑːndər, 'wɒndə(r)
intransitive verb
a) (+ adv compl) (walk - in a leisurely way) pasear; (- aimlessly) deambular, vagar*

she wandered around the room in a daze — daba vueltas por la habitación como aturdida

we're going to wander back now — vamos a volver sin prisas

he wandered in at ten — llegó a las diez tan campante or como si tal cosa

his fingers wandered over the keyboard — sus dedos recorrieron el teclado

b) (stray)

don't let the children wander away from the car — no dejes que los niños se alejen del coche

don't wander off! we're leaving in five minutes — no te vayas por ahí, que dentro de cinco minutos nos vamos

don't let your mind wander! — no te distraigas!

don't wander off the point — no divagues, no te vayas por las ramas

c) wandering pres p <actors> itinerante; <tribe> nómada; <salesman> ambulante

to have wandering hands — tener* las manos largas

the Wandering Jew — el Judío Errante


2.
vt (for recreation) pasear por; (lost) dar* vueltas por

to wander the streets — deambular or vagar* por las calles, caminar sin rumbo fijo


II
noun (esp BrE) (no pl) vuelta f, paseo m

we're going to have a wander around the shops — vamos a dar una vuelta or un paseo por las tiendas

['wɒndǝ(r)]
1.
N paseo m

to go for or have a wander — pasearse, dar un paseo, dar una vuelta

2. VI
1) (for pleasure) pasear; (aimlessly) deambular, vagar, errar

we spent the morning wandering round the old town — pasamos la mañana paseando por el casco antiguo

they wandered aimlessly through the streets — iban deambulando or vagando por las calles

to wander round the shops — curiosear or pasearse por las tiendas

2) (=stray)

to wander from the path — desviarse or alejarse del camino

the sheep had wandered into the next field — las ovejas se habían metido en el prado de al lado

3) (fig) [person] (in speech) divagar

to wander from or off the point — salirse del tema

to let one's mind wander — dejar vagar la imaginación

his eyes wandered round the room — paseó la mirada por la habitación

his attention wandered for a moment and the milk boiled over — se distrajo or despistó un momento y se le salió la leche

my attention wandered a bit in the second half of the film — perdí un poco la concentración or me distraje or me despisté en la segunda mitad de la película

3.
VT [+ streets, hills] recorrer, vagar por

to wander the world — recorrer el mundo entero

he had wandered the seven seas in search of it — liter había surcado los siete mares en su busca liter

* * *

I
1. ['wɑːndər, 'wɒndə(r)]
intransitive verb
a) (+ adv compl) (walk - in a leisurely way) pasear; (- aimlessly) deambular, vagar*

she wandered around the room in a daze — daba vueltas por la habitación como aturdida

we're going to wander back now — vamos a volver sin prisas

he wandered in at ten — llegó a las diez tan campante or como si tal cosa

his fingers wandered over the keyboard — sus dedos recorrieron el teclado

b) (stray)

don't let the children wander away from the car — no dejes que los niños se alejen del coche

don't wander off! we're leaving in five minutes — no te vayas por ahí, que dentro de cinco minutos nos vamos

don't let your mind wander! — no te distraigas!

don't wander off the point — no divagues, no te vayas por las ramas

c) wandering pres p <actors> itinerante; <tribe> nómada; <salesman> ambulante

to have wandering hands — tener* las manos largas

the Wandering Jew — el Judío Errante


2.
vt (for recreation) pasear por; (lost) dar* vueltas por

to wander the streets — deambular or vagar* por las calles, caminar sin rumbo fijo


II
noun (esp BrE) (no pl) vuelta f, paseo m

we're going to have a wander around the shops — vamos a dar una vuelta or un paseo por las tiendas


English-spanish dictionary. 2013.

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