distrarre

Italian

Alternative forms

  • distraere (archaic)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin distrahere; adapted to trarre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /disˈtrar.re/
  • Rhymes: -arre
  • Hyphenation: di‧stràr‧re

Verb

distràrre (first-person singular present distràggo, first-person singular past historic distràssi, past participle distràtto, first-person singular imperfect distraévo, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

  1. (rare) to pull apart
  2. (uncommon) to turn away, to divert (e.g. one's gaze)
  3. (figurative) to distract (a person, one's attention, one's mind, etc.)
  4. to divert (money)
  5. to amuse
    Synonym: svagare

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