gone astray

Spanish translation: ...han errado el camino [el blanco] / se han extraviado...

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English term or phrase:gone astray
Spanish translation:...han errado el camino [el blanco] / se han extraviado...
Entered by: Ramón Solá

07:31 Oct 18, 2002
English to Spanish translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial
English term or phrase: gone astray
Many retailers have tried and failed to establish themselves outside their home markets. Likewise, some retailers have gone astray trying to exploit Internet shopping.
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...han errado el camino [el blanco] / se han extraviado...
Explanation:
O, sencillamente, "se han equivocado"...

HTH...
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Ramón Solá
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Summary of answers provided
5...han errado el camino [el blanco] / se han extraviado...
Ramón Solá
5se han desviado de su ámbito propio
Valentín Hernández Lima
5se han desviado, han perdido el camino
trans4u (X)
5descarriado
María del Carmen Cerda


  

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...han errado el camino [el blanco] / se han extraviado...


Explanation:
O, sencillamente, "se han equivocado"...

HTH...

Ramón Solá
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se han desviado de su ámbito propio


Explanation:
Te ruego consideres esta acepción de "astray" en el Merriam-Webster:

astray
away from a proper or desirable course or development <originality gone astray, seduced ... by the mania for novelty>

Espero que te resulte útil.

Val

Valentín Hernández Lima
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se han desviado, han perdido el camino


Explanation:
astray-desviado, errado, fuera del camino recto.

to go astray-errar el camino, perderse, extraviarse.

Saludos,




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descarriado


Explanation:
astray: extraviado, descarriado, despistado, ir por el mal camino. Escojo descarriado porque me parece que no dice que se hayan perdido (extraviado) sino que se han salido del camino y lo pueden retomar.

María del Carmen Cerda
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