Also means
diversion
Usage Note
Desvío refers both to a road detour and to a figurative straying from a path or norm. The related verb is desviar. In driving contexts, desvío appears on road signs to indicate a mandatory re-route, whereas desviación is more common in formal written registers for a statistical or moral deviation.
Examples
"El desvío nos llevó por un camino de tierra."
Natural Translation
The detour took us along a dirt road.
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