What does deriva in Italian mean?

What is the meaning of the word deriva in Italian? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use deriva in Italian.

The word deriva in Italian means drift, deviation, centerboard, drop keel, sailing dinghy, dinghy, infer, gather, derive, derive, adrift, astray, astray, drift, so, hence, therefore, as a result. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word deriva

drift, deviation

sostantivo femminile (spostamento, allontanamento graduale)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
In classe abbiamo guardato un documentario sulla deriva dei continenti.
We watched a documentary on the continent's drift today in class.

centerboard, drop keel

sostantivo femminile (nautica: appendice della chiglia) (sailing)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
La brusca manovra del marinaio inesperto ha causato il danneggiamento della deriva.
The inexperienced sailor's abrupt rigging caused the damaging of the centerboard.

sailing dinghy, dinghy

sostantivo femminile (nautica: tipo di imbarcazione)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Matteo ha intenzione di acquistare una deriva per poter veleggiare durante l'estate.
Matteo intends to buy a dinghy to go sailing during the summer.

infer, gather

verbo transitivo o transitivo pronominale (ragionamento: dedurre)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
Se leggi attentamente, puoi derivare la soluzione.
If you read carefully, you can infer (or: gather) the solution.

derive

verbo intransitivo (figurato (discendere)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
Molte lingue derivano dal latino.
Many languages derive from Latin.

derive

verbo transitivo o transitivo pronominale (matematica) (math)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
Dobbiamo derivare la funzione per trovare la variazione specifica.
We need to derive the function to find the specific variation.

adrift, astray

locuzione aggettivale (in balia della corrente)

(adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house.")

astray

locuzione aggettivale (figurato (persona: depravata)

(adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house.")

drift

so, hence, therefore, as a result

(adverb: Describes a verb, adjective, adverb, or clause--for example, "come quickly," "very rare," "happening now," "fall down.")

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