deriva
drift
Noun deriva f (plural derivas)
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drift (course or direction along which anything is driven; setting)
Verb deriva
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Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted) present indicative form of derivar.
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Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of derivar.
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El barco de ellos está a la deriva.
Their boat is adrift.
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Para llegar al puerto del cielo tenemos que navegar, a veces con el viento, a veces contra él, pero debemos navegar y no ir a la deriva ni estar anclados.
To reach the port of heaven, we must sail sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it— but we must sail, and not drift, nor lie at anchor.
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¡Tantas miradas que observan cómo el mundo se va a la deriva y tan pocas manos que se lo intenten impedir!
So many who see how the world is drifting away and so few who put their hands out to stop it!
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El proyecto de ley quedó a la deriva durante años.
The bill was drifting along for years.
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Cuando nos despertamos, estábamos a la deriva en mar abierto.
When we awoke, we were adrift on the open sea.
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