wander

wander(
wan
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duhr
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An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g., The man sneezed.).
intransitive verb
a. vagar
I wandered around the city.Vagué por la ciudad.
b. deambular
The caretaker spent at least an hour wandering about the property.El conserje pasó al menos una hora deambulando por la propiedad.
c. errar
They were forced to leave their native land and wander along the roads until they found refuge.Fueron obligados a abandonar su tierra nativa y a errar por las carreteras hasta que encontraron refugio.
a. pasear
The shepherd wandered through the countryside with his flock.El pastor paseaba por el campo con su rebaño.
a. alejarse
We couldn't find the children because they wandered from the path we were hiking on.No podíamos encontrar a los niños porque se alejaron del camino por el que caminábamos.
b. desviarse
He got lost in the woods after he wandered off the hiking trail.Se perdió en el bosque después de desviarse de la ruta de senderismo.
a. distraerse
His monotone voice makes it easy for one's mind to wander during his lectures.Su voz monótona hace que distraerse sea más fácil durante sus clases.
a. divagar
It was difficult to understand his presentation because his explanations frequently wandered off topic.Fue difícil entender su presentación bien porque sus explicaciones divagaban frecuentemente del tema.
A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g., I bought a book.).
transitive verb
a. vagar por
He was wandering the streets barefoot as though he were in a daze.Vagaba por las calles descalzo como si estuviera aturdido.
a. pasear por
The tourist group wandered the city and visited numerous museums.El grupo de turistas paseó por la ciudad y visitó numerosos museos.
A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
noun
a. el paseo
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
(M)
He was feeling restless after dinner, so he took a wander around the neighborhood.Estaba inquieto después de la cena, así que fue a dar un paseo por el vecindario.
b. la vuelta
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
(F)
She went for a wander to get to know her new neighborhood better.Fue a dar una vuelta para conocer su barrio mejor.
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