# desviar
## Catalan
### Etymology

From Latin dēviāre.

### Verb

desviar (first-person singular present desvio, first-person singular preterite desvií, past participle desviat)
* (transitive, reflexive) to divert, to deviate

#### Derived terms

* desviació

### Further reading

* “desviar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “desviar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “desviar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “desviar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese desviar, from Latin dēviāre.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /dez.viˈa(ʁ)/ [dez.vɪˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /dezˈvja(ʁ)/ [dezˈvja(h)], /d͡ʒiz.viˈa(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒiz.vɪˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /d͡ʒizˈvja(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒizˈvja(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /dez.viˈa(ʁ)/ [dez.vɪˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /dezˈvja(ʁ)/ [dezˈvja(h)], /d͡ʒiz.viˈa(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒiz.vɪˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /d͡ʒizˈvja(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒizˈvja(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /dez.viˈa(ɾ)/ [dez.vɪˈa(ɾ)], (faster pronunciation) /dezˈvja(ɾ)/, /d͡ʒiz.viˈa(ɾ)/ [d͡ʒiz.vɪˈa(ɾ)], (faster pronunciation) /d͡ʒizˈvja(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /deʒ.viˈa(ʁ)/ [deʒ.vɪˈa(χ)], (faster pronunciation) /deʒˈvja(ʁ)/ [deʒˈvja(χ)], /d͡ʒiʒ.viˈa(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒiʒ.vɪˈa(χ)], (faster pronunciation) /d͡ʒiʒˈvja(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒiʒˈvja(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /dez.viˈa(ɻ)/ [dez.vɪˈa(ɻ)], (faster pronunciation) /dezˈvja(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /dɨʒˈvjaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /dɨʒˈvjaɾ/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /dɨʒˈbjaɾ/ [dɨʒˈβjaɾ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /dɨʒˈvja.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: des‧vi‧ar

### Verb

desviar (first-person singular present desvio, first-person singular preterite desviei, past participle desviado)
* to divert
* to deviate
* to deflect
* to swerve
* to detour

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

## Spanish
### Etymology

From Latin dēviāre, with replacement of Latin dē- by Spanish des-. Cognate with English deviate.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /desˈbjaɾ/ [d̪ezˈβ̞jaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: des‧viar

### Verb

desviar (first-person singular present desvío, first-person singular preterite desvié, past participle desviado)
* to divert, to distract, to shift, to sidetrack
* to deflect
* (figuratively) to derail (e.g. a movement, a process)
* to bypass, to reroute, to redirect
* to siphon, to siphon off (e.g. money, funds)
* to forward (a phone call)
* to avert (e.g. one's eyes or gaze)
* to change (e.g. the subject, the course, the conversation)
* to shunt
* (figuratively) to shunt (i.e. move aside)
* (reflexive) to deviate, to detour, to turn aside, to depart
* (reflexive) to turn off, to veer (e.g. to take an exit)
* (reflexive) to branch off, to fork off (e.g. a road or highway)
* (reflexive) to swerve, to go off course
* (reflexive) to get sidetracked

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

#### Derived terms

* desviar la atención (“to divert attention”)

### Further reading

* “desviar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10