Meaning
to divert, mislead
- to lead astray or divert from a route or proper course
- to distract or throw off track (e.g. attention, an investigation)
In a sentence
Ha fatto una battuta per sviare l'attenzione dalla domanda imbarazzante.
He made a joke to divert attention from the embarrassing question.
I testimoni hanno cercato di sviare le indagini con false dichiarazioni.
The witnesses tried to mislead the investigation with false statements.
Non lasciarti sviare da dettagli insignificanti.
Don't let yourself be led astray by insignificant details.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| sviare | infinitive |
| svio | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| svii | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| svia | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| sviamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| sviate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| sviano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| sviavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| sviavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| sviava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| sviavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| sviavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| sviavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| sviai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| sviasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| sviò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| sviammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| sviaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| sviarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| svierò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| svierai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| svierà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| svieremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| svierete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| svieranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| svii | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| svii | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| svii | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| sviamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| sviate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| sviino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| sviassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| sviassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| sviasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| sviassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| sviaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| sviassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| svierei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| svieresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| svierebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| svieremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| sviereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| svierebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| svia | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| sviamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| sviate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| sviando | gerund |
| sviato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Often collocates with 'l'attenzione' (distract attention) or 'le indagini' (mislead investigations).
- Like other verbs in '-iare' with tonic 'i' in the root (io svìo), the second person singular retains both vowels ('tu svii').
- present: svio, svii, svia, sviamo, sviate, sviano