Spanish Conversation · Level 109
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Spanish word
divagación
Pronunciation
IPA/diβaɣaˈθjon/
Meaning
- feminine noundigression
Example
La divagación nos hizo cambiar de tema.
The digression made us change the subject.
More examples
Durante la entrevista, el periodista evitó la divagación para mantener la claridad.
During the interview, the journalist avoided digression to maintain clarity.
Core concept
A side path branching off a straight road.
Common phrases
evitar la divagación
avoid digression
caer en la divagación
fall into digression
las divagaciones constantes
constant digressions
Similar words
digresión: Takes a conscious rhetorical turn in a text to expand on a related idea then returns to the subject.
paréntesis: Offers a compact, parenthetical insertion for clarification or an extra note within a clause.
aparte: Delivers a concise appended comment or aside, often separated typographically or by tone.
Definition in Spanish
Describe una desviación del hilo principal en una conversación o pensamiento, similar a una digresión o comentario tangencial.
Word origin
From Spanish divagar 'to wander', from Latin divagari 'to wander about', so divagación names a wandering away from the main thread.
Usage tips
- Used more in written or formal commentary; in casual conversation speakers often prefer irse por las ramas or the verb divagar.
Other meanings
- asidenoun
- ramblenoun
Opposites
- concreciónspecificitynoun
- concisiónconcisenessnoun
Related words
- divagardigressverb
- divagantedigressiveadjective