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To distract in Spanish 🇪🇸


in English in Spanish S
to distract distraer
How to say “to distract” in Spanish? “Distraer”. Here you will learn how to pronounce “distraer” correctly and in the comments below you will be able to get all sorts of advice on to distract in Spanish like tips & tricks to remember it, questions, explanations and more.

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Tips to remember:
• Associate “distraer” with the English “distract” since they share similar meanings and a similar spelling.
• Visualize someone being diverted from their task (their attention is “taken away”) to reinforce the idea of distraction.

Explanations:
• “Distraer” means to divert someone’s attention from what they are doing, often by introducing something else.
• It implies causing a loss of focus or concentration.
• Similar verbs include “desconcentrar” (to unsettle concentration) and “desviar la atención” (to divert attention).

Other words with a similar meaning:
• Desconcentrar
• Desviar (la atención)

Conjugations of “distraer”:

Infinitive: distraer
Gerund: distrayendo
Past participle: distraído

Indicative Mood:
• Present:
 yo distraigo
 tú distraes
 él/ella/Ud. distrae
 nosotros/nosotras distraemos
 vosotros/vosotras distraéis
 ellos/ellas/Uds. distraen

• Preterite:
 yo distraje
 tú distrajiste
 él/ella/Ud. distrajo
 nosotros/nosotras distrajimos
 vosotros/vosotras distrajisteis
 ellos/ellas/Uds. distrajeron

• Imperfect:
 yo distraía
 tú distraías
 él/ella/Ud. distraía
 nosotros/nosotras distraíamos
 vosotros/vosotras distraíais
 ellos/ellas/Uds. distraían

• Future:
 yo distraeré
 tú distraerás
 él/ella/Ud. distraerá
 nosotros/nosotras distraeremos
 vosotros/vosotras distraeréis
 ellos/ellas/Uds. distraerán

• Conditional:
 yo distraería
 tú distraerías
 él/ella/Ud. distraería
 nosotros/nosotras distraeríamos
 vosotros/vosotras distraeríais
 ellos/ellas/Uds. distraerían

Subjunctive Mood (Present):
 yo distraiga
 tú distraigas
 él/ella/Ud. distraiga
 nosotros/nosotras distrayamos
 vosotros/vosotras distrayáis
 ellos/ellas/Uds. distraigan

Examples of sentences:
1. "La música distrae a los estudiantes durante la clase."
 Translation: "The music distracts the students during class."

2. "Me distraje mientras leía el libro, por eso terminé tarde."
 Translation: "I got distracted while reading the book, so I finished late."

3. "Si no te concentras, fácilmente te distraerás con los ruidos del exterior."
 Translation: "If you don’t concentrate, you will easily get distracted by the noises outside."

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