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v. stray from the main point; wander

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Verb
1. lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking; "She always digresses when telling a story"; "her mind wanders"; "Don't digress when you give a lecture"
(synonym) digress, stray, wander
(hypernym) tell
(derivation) digression, aside, excursus, divagation, parenthesis

v. digress, ramble, wander

v. divagate, digress; meander, ramble

(v.) = ramble ; digress ; meander ; drift off ; wander off + track ; wander off + topic ; go off on + a tangent ; go off at + a tangent ; go off + the track ; get off + the track ; fly off at/on + a tangent ; maunder.
Ex: Because by now comparative librarianship has a well-developed methodology, he does not have to waste his effort by rambling.
Ex: But let me digress for a moment.
Ex: They are mixed up as the talk meanders about, apparently without conscious pattern.
Ex: The study loses track of its argument at times and drifts off into analyses of the peacemaking process that are not relevant.
Ex: You may find that it is easy to find ourself wandering off track, following something that really interests you, and ultimately not answering the question.
Ex: Occasional wandering off topic is allowed, but should be kept to a bare minimum.
Ex: The book encourages the reader to go off on a tangent and wander from thought to thought endlessly.
Ex: If you go off at tangents, you could end up with pointless discussions about the best car to buy, the public transport alternatives, etc.
Ex: The Commission, however, goes off the track with its structural and institutional recommendations on how to ensure the long-term availability of public information resources = No obstante, la Comisión se sale por la tangente con sus recomendaciones estructurales e institucionales sobre cómo asegurar la disponibilidad a largo plazo de los recursos de información pública.
Ex: 'This discussion is getting off the track,' he said politely = "Esta discusión se está saliendo por la tangente", dijo cortésmente.
Ex: There's a real danger of flying off on a tangent while writing about this as it for once is purely about politics and there's 'nowt' as controversial as that.
Ex: He rubbed his head reminiscently and the boys returned to the old man, who was maundering ecstatically about his squaw.
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* divagar sobre varios temas = roam over + topics.