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errante

wandering

adjective eh-RRAHN-teh Rare
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Origin: Latin errantem, from errare (to wander)

Also means

errant

Usage Note

Errante can describe physical wandering (un pueblo errante, a nomadic people) or a more figurative restlessness. It is the same form for masculine and feminine (el caballero errante, la tribu errante). The noun form el errar (wandering, roaming) is literary and rather uncommon in speech.

Examples

"Llevaba una vida errante sin rumbo fijo."

Natural Translation

He led a wandering life with no fixed direction.

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