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stray (streɪ Pronunciation for stray ) 

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adjective

  1. (= errant)
    1. [bullet] perdido
    2. [sheep] descarriado
    3. [cow, dog] extraviado
     ⇒ a stray cat(= lost) un gato extraviado(= alley cat), un gato callejero
  2. (= isolated, occasional) aislado ⇒ in a few stray cases en algunos casos aislados ⇒ a few stray cars algún que otro coche ⇒ a few stray thoughts unos cuantos pensamientos inconexos

noun

    1. (= animal) animal masculine extraviado
    2. (= child) niño/niña masculine feminine sin hogar, niño/niña masculine feminine desamparado/desamparada
  2. strays (radio) parásitos masculine plural

intransitive verb

  1. [animal]
    1. (= roam) extraviarse
    2. (= get lost) perderse, extraviarse
     ⇒ if the gate is left open the cattle stray si se deja abierta la puerta las vacas se escapan
  2. (= wander)
    1. [person] vagar, ir sin rumbo fijo
    2. [speaker, thoughts] desvariar
     ⇒ to stray from (also figurative) apartarse de ⇒ we had strayed two kilometres from the path nos habíamos desviado dos kilómetros del camino ⇒ they strayed into the enemy camp erraron el camino y se encontraron en el campamento enemigo ⇒ my thoughts strayed to the holidays empecé a pensar en las vacaciones

Similar Words

= wander, roam, go astray, range, drift, meander, rove, straggle, lose your way, be abandoned or lost, stra
= drift, wander, roam, meander, rove, stra
= digress, diverge, deviate, ramble, get sidetracked, go off at a tangent, get off the point, stra
= be unfaithful, play around, have affairs, play the field, philander, stra
= lost, abandoned, homeless, roaming, vagrant, stra
= random, chance, freak, accidental, odd, scattered, erratic, scattershot, stra
= homeless animal, waif, foundling, stra, abandoned dog or cat

'stray' in Other Languages

  • Arabic: ضَالّPronunciation for ضَالّ
  • Brazilian Portuguese: vadioPronunciation for vadio vadiaanimal
  • Chinese: 走失的动物Pronunciation for 走失的动物
  • Croatian: lutalicaPronunciation for lutalica
  • Czech: zatoulané zvířePronunciation for zatoulané zvířepes, kočka
  • Danish: herreløst dyrPronunciation for herreløst dyr
  • Dutch: zwerverPronunciation for zwerver
  • European Spanish: animal perdidoPronunciation for animal perdido
  • Finnish: kulkukoira / kulkukissaPronunciation for kulkukoira / kulkukissa
  • French: animal errantPronunciation for animal errant
  • German: streunendes TierPronunciation for streunendes Tier
  • Greek: αδέσποτοPronunciation for αδέσποτο
  • Italian: randagioPronunciation for randagio
  • Japanese: 捨[す]て･･･Pronunciation for 捨[す]て･･･
  • Korean: 길 잃은 동물Pronunciation for 길 잃은 동물
  • Norwegian: spredningPronunciation for spredning
  • Polish: zabłąkane zwierzęPronunciation for zabłąkane zwierzę
  • Portuguese: vadioPronunciation for vadio vadiaanimal
  • Romanian: vagabond vagabond, vagabondă, vagabonzi, vagabonde
  • Russian: бездомныйPronunciation for бездомный бездомная
  • Spanish: animal perdidoPronunciation for animal perdido
  • Swedish: vilsekommet djurPronunciation for vilsekommet djur
  • Thai: สัตว์ที่หลงทางPronunciation for สัตว์ที่หลงทาง
  • Turkish: sürüden ayrılmışPronunciation for sürüden ayrılmış
  • Ukrainian: бездомна тварина
  • Vietnamese: gia súc bị lạcPronunciation for gia súc bị lạc
  • Brazilian Portuguese: perdido
  • Chinese: 走失的狗或猫
  • European Spanish: perdido perdida
  • French: perdu perdue
  • German: streunend
  • Italian: randagio randagia
  • Japanese: 迷子の
  • Korean: 주인 없는
  • Portuguese: perdido perdida
  • Spanish: perdido perdida
  • Brazilian Portuguese: perder-se
  • Chinese: 走失
  • European Spanish: perderse
  • French: s'égarer
  • German: sich verirren
  • Italian: allontanarsi
  • Japanese: はぐれる
  • Korean: 옆길로 새다
  • Portuguese: perder-se
  • Spanish: perderse

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