desvío

English translation: Detour or route alteration

05:52 Jan 14, 2020
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Mining & Minerals / Gems
Spanish term or phrase: desvío
Used numerous times, for example in a chart:
Mine XYZ (Desvío)
Suelo vegetal (desvío, ROM, mina, vertedero)

Detour?
Marjory Hord
Mexico
Local time: 01:27
English translation:Detour or route alteration
Explanation:

Un desvío: noun, meaning a detour, a route variation.

Being in a chart, watch out for it being a misconception with the statistic term "desviación", which means deviation.
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Julio Lopez Recio
United Kingdom
Local time: 07:27
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5 +1reroute
Carolina Sempere
2 +2turnout
Neil Ashby
4Detour or route alteration
Julio Lopez Recio


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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5 peer agreement (net): +2
turnout


Explanation:
Without much context it's hard to be sure, but in railway terminology "desvío" > "turnout"

Neil Ashby
Spain
Local time: 08:27
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 11

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Jessica Noyes
3 hrs
  -> Thanks Jessica

agree  bigedsenior: but in RR terms it would be 'siding'
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Detour or route alteration


Explanation:

Un desvío: noun, meaning a detour, a route variation.

Being in a chart, watch out for it being a misconception with the statistic term "desviación", which means deviation.

Example sentence(s):
  • "El taxista tomó un desvío para evitar el atasco"
  • "The taxi driver took a detour to avoid the traffic jam"
Julio Lopez Recio
United Kingdom
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8 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
reroute


Explanation:
In mining/geology, a "desvío" refers to rerouting, usually water to allow for the mining to occur. In agriculture, a "desvío" is usually used with water, particularly when neighbors temporarily detour the water to their fields.

Carolina Sempere
United States
Local time: 03:27
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Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Robert Carter: That seems logical, and it coincides with references I found too ("diversion", relating to water/environment in mining).
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