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Old January 26, 2017, 03:48 PM
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Question But I Digress!

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How is this expressed in Spanish: "but I digress!"

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Old January 26, 2017, 06:31 PM
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Pero divago, y así soy capaz de perder la oportunidad de comunicar la cosa que quería explicar al principio.
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Old January 27, 2017, 02:37 PM
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What is the context?

but I digress — pero me estoy apartando del tema

https://es.oxforddictionaries.com/tr...panish/digress
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Thanks!

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I think you can also use the term "vericueto" in this context, though the meaning might be slightly different.
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"Vericuetos" would be "twists and turns"... but also "complications"... :-)
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