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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesa la deriva
Pronunciation / Transliteration: a la deriva
"El bote quedó a la deriva tras la tormenta."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
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Floating without being moored or steered; without guidance or purpose.
"The small boat was left adrift on the open sea."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
From a- (expressing state) + drift, originally nautical, describing a ship floating without moorings or steering.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "adrift" is said worldwide
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à dérive
Transliteration: a de-riv
"Le bateau était à dérive au milieu de l'océan."
treibend
Transliteration: treibend
"Das Boot trieb führerlos auf dem offenen Meer."
alla deriva
Transliteration: alla deriva
"La barca era alla deriva in mezzo al mare."
a la deriva
Transliteration: a la deriva
"El bote quedó a la deriva tras la tormenta."
à deriva
Transliteration: a deriva
"O navio ficou à deriva após a tempestade."
बहता हुआ
Transliteration: behata hua
"नाव समुद्र में बहती हुई चली गई।"
漂流的
Transliteration: piāoliú de
"这艘船在海上漂流。"
표류하는
Transliteration: pyoryuhaneun
"배가 바다 위를 표류하고 있었다."
漂流して
Transliteration: hyōryū shite
"船は海の上を漂流していた。"
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