Meaning
to digress
- To stray from the main topic in speech or writing
- To let one's mind wander
In a sentence
Il professore tende spesso a divagare durante le sue lezioni.
The professor often tends to digress during his lectures.
Cerca di non divagare e rispondi direttamente alla domanda.
Try not to digress and answer the question directly.
Ha iniziato a divagare non appena gli ho chiesto spiegazioni sul progetto.
He started to ramble as soon as I asked him for an explanation about the project.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| divagare | infinitive |
| divago | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| divaghi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| divaga | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| divaghiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| divagate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| divagano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| divagavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| divagavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| divagava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| divagavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| divagavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| divagavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| divagai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| divagasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| divagò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| divagammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| divagaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| divagarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| divagherò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| divagherai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| divagherà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| divagheremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| divagherete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| divagheranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| divaghi | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| divaghi | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| divaghi | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| divaghiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| divaghiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| divaghino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| divagassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| divagassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| divagasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| divagassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| divagaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| divagassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| divagherei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| divagheresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| divagherebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| divagheremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| divaghereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| divagherebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| divaga | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| divaghiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| divagate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| divagando | gerund |
| divagato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Takes 'avere' as its auxiliary verb.
- Forms with -g- require an 'h' before 'e' and 'i' (e.g. 'divaghiamo', 'divagherò').