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2 Translation results for drifts in Spanish

verb | noun

drift verb

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drifted, has drifted, is drifting, drifts
dejarse llevar por la corriente, ir a la deriva (dícese de un bote), ir sin rumbo (dícese de una persona); amontonarse, acumularse, apilarse

Example sentences of
drift verb

  • •The boat slowly drifted out to sea.
  • •The clouds drifted across the sky.
  • •The snow drifted against the side of the house.
  • •Drifting snow covered most of the car.
  • •The party guests drifted from room to room, eating and mingling.
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  • •Her eyes drifted across the crowd.
  • •The conversation drifted from topic to topic.
  • •My thoughts drifted back to the time when we first met.
  • •After he left the army he just drifted for a few years.
  • •She drifted from job to job.
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Synonyms of
drift verb

accumulate

drift noun

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drifts
deriva; montón (de arena, etc.), ventisquero (de nieve); sentido

Example sentences of
drift noun

  • •the slow drift of the clouds
  • •As she got older, you could observe a drift in her writing towards more serious subjects.
  • •the government's drift towards a centralization of power
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Synonyms of
drift noun

tendency, trend, drifting, heap, mass, meaning

Detailed synonyms for drift noun

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Reverse translation for drifts

dejarse llevar por la corriente
ir a la deriva  (dícese de un bote)
ir sin rumbo  (dícese de una persona)
amontonarse  - to accumulate, to huddle 
acumularse  - to build up, to pile up, to accrue 
apilarse
deriva  - drift 
montón  (de arena, etc.) - heap, pile, ton, load 
ventisquero  (de nieve) - snowdrift 
sentido  - sense, consciousness, meaning, sense, direction 
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