stray

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stray
[streɪ]
sustantivo
1perro (m) callejero (dog); gato (m) callejero (cat)
adjetivo
2callejero(a) (dog, cat); perdido(a) (bullet)
verbo intransitivo
también:
  • to stray from -> desviarse de; (person) descarriarse de (animal)
  • to stray from the point -> divagar

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stray [strei]
verbo neutro (intransitivo)
1Descarriarse, extraviarse, andar descarriado (to lose one’s way); perder el camino, andar vagando sin saber el camino. (n)
2Errar, faltar a la justicia y equidad; desviarse del deber. (n)
  • They had strayed 5 km from the road -> se habían desviado 5 km
del camino.
sustantivo
1Descarriamiento, descarrio, la acción de descarriar o descarriarse.
2Una persona o animal descarriado o perdido.
  • In a few stray cases -> en casos aislados

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stray [streɪ]
adjective
1 (errant) [+bullet] perdido; [+sheep] descarriado; [+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 extraviado; (m) (child) niñoaniña sin hogar;a niña (m) (f) niñoaniña desamparadoadesamparada;a niña (m) (f)a desamparada
2 strays (Rad) parásitos; (m)
verb:intransitive
1 [+animal] (roam) extraviarse; (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) [+person] vagar; ir sin rumbo fijo; [+speaker, thoughts] desvariar
to stray from also 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

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Verb Conjugation for "stray"

Imperative
  • stray
  • you stray
  • he/she strays
  • we stray
  • you stray
  • they stray
Preterite
  • I strayed
  • you strayed
  • he/she strayed
  • we strayed
  • you strayed
  • they strayed
Present Continuous
  • I am straying
  • you are straying
  • he/she is straying
  • we are straying
  • you are straying
  • they are straying
Present Perfect
  • I have strayed
  • you have strayed
  • he/she has strayed
  • we have strayed
  • you have strayed
  • they have strayed
Past Continuous
  • I was straying
  • you were straying
  • he/she was straying
  • we were straying
  • you were straying
  • they were straying
Past Perfect
  • I had strayed
  • you had strayed
  • he/she had strayed
  • we had strayed
  • you had strayed
  • they had strayed
Future
  • I will stray
  • you will stray
  • he/she will stray
  • we will stray
  • you will stray
  • they will stray
Future Perfect
  • I will have strayed
  • you will have strayed
  • he/she will have strayed
  • we will have strayed
  • you will have strayed
  • they will have strayed
Future Continuous
  • I will be straying
  • you will be straying
  • he/she will be straying
  • we will be straying
  • you will be straying
  • they will be straying
Present Perfect Continuous
  • I have been straying
  • you have been straying
  • he/she has been straying
  • we have been straying
  • you have been straying
  • they have been straying
Future Perfect Continuous
  • I will have been straying
  • you will have been straying
  • he/she will have been straying
  • we will have been straying
  • you will have been straying
  • they will have been straying
Past Perfect Continuous
  • I had been straying
  • you had been straying
  • he/she had been straying
  • we had been straying
  • you had been straying
  • they had been straying
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