distraer

Borrowed from Spanish distraer, from Latin distrahere (“to pull apart”).

• IPA^(key): /distɾaˈeɾ/

distraer (first-person singular present distraio, first-person singular preterite distraín, past participle distraído)

1. (transitive) to entertain, distract
2. (pronominal) to amuse oneself, have fun
3. (pronominal) to get distracted

• “distraer”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “distraer”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “distraer”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “distraer”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Borrowed from Latin distrahere (“to pull apart”). Compare English distract.

• IPA^(key): /distɾaˈeɾ/ [d̪is.t̪ɾaˈeɾ]
• Rhymes: -eɾ
• Syllabification: dis‧tra‧er

distraer (first-person singular present distraigo, first-person singular preterite distraje, past participle distraído)

1. (transitive) to entertain, distract

   Synonym: entretener

2. (reflexive) to get distracted, amuse oneself, have fun

   Synonym: divertir

• “distraer”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024