astray

/əˈstreɪ/

Translation

to go astray

⇨ descarriarse

One of the sheep went astray

Una de las ovejas se descarrió

⇨ extraviarse

to lead sb astray

⇨ llevar a alguien por mal camino

She led Sue astray

Llevó a Sue por mal camino

(Definition of astray from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish © Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)

to get rid of something or someone that is not wanted or needed

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