divagar
Spanish, verb/dibaˈɡaɾ/
divagar is spelled D-I-V-A-G-A-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish, the 59,847th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Divagar is a Spanish verb meaning “to digress, ramble, sidetrack” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Abandonar el tema sobre el que se venía tratando”.
What does divagar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to digress, ramble, sidetrack
...pero estoy divagando.
- 2
roam, wander
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Abandonar el tema sobre el que se venía tratando. 2. Pensar, hablar o escribir de forma desordenada y dispersa, perdiendo el propósito del discurso. 3. Andar por diferentes sitios sin rumbo fijo, sin hallar lo que se busca, o sin un orden determinado.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of divagar
- divago first-person present singular
- divagué first-person preterite singular
- divagado participle past
- g-gu alternation
- divagando gerund
- divagada feminine participle past
- divagados masculine participle past
- divagadas feminine participle past
- divagas indicative informal present
- divagás indicative informal present
- divaga indicative present singular
- divagamos first-person indicative plural
- divagáis indicative plural present
- divagan indicative plural present
- divagaba first-person imperfect indicative
- divagabas imperfect indicative second-person
- divagábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- divagabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce divagar?
- /dibaˈɡaɾ/
- [d̪i.β̞aˈɣ̞aɾ]
- [d̪iβ̞aˈɣ̞aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to divagar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is divagar in Spanish?
divagar appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).