detour

deviazione, giro più lungo

Strada diversa da quella prevista o abituale, spesso più lunga.

In inglese semplice: A different, often longer route taken instead of your planned or usual route.

• We took a detour.
• The roadworks forced us to make a long detour.
• A short detour brought us past the lake.

Come si usa: detour around something (The detour around the bridge added ten minutes.); detour via somewhere (We took a detour via the coast.)

Sinonimi: diversion, alternative route

Espressioni comuni: take a detour, make a detour, short detour

deviare, fare un giro più lungo

Passare per una strada diversa da quella prevista, spesso più lunga.

In inglese semplice: To go by a different, often longer route than the one you planned.

• We had to detour.
• The bus detoured around the closed bridge.
• Can we detour through the park on our way home?

Come si usa: detour around something (We detoured around the flooded road.); detour through somewhere (They detoured through a nearby village.)

Sinonimi: divert, go around

Espressioni comuni: detour around something, detour through town, detour via somewhere