distraer

Galician

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish distraer, from Latin distrahere, present active infinitive of distrahō (“I pull apart”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /distɾaˈeɾ/

Verb

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

1. (transitive) to entertain, distract
2. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to amuse oneself, have fun
3. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to get distracted

Conjugation

    Conjugation of distraer (irregular)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	distraer
Personal	distraer	distraeres	distraer	distraermos	distraerdes	distraeren
Gerund
	distraendo
Past participle
Masculine	distraído			distraídos
Feminine	distraída			distraídas
Indicative
Present	distraio	distraes	distrae	distraemos	distraedes	distraen
Imperfect	distraía	distraías	distraía	distraïamos	distraïades	distraían
Preterite	distraín	distraíches	distraeu	distraemos	distraestes	distraeron
Pluperfect	distraera	distraeras	distraera	distraeramos	distraerades	distraeran
Future	distraerei	distraerás	distraerá	distraeremos	distraeredes	distraerán
Conditional	distraería	distraerías	distraería	distraeriamos	distraeriades	distraerían
Subjunctive
Present	distraia	distraias	distraia	distraiamos	distraiades	distraian
Imperfect	distraese	distraeses	distraese	distraésemos	distraésedes	distraesen
Future	distraer	distraeres	distraer	distraermos	distraerdes	distraeren
Imperative
Affirmative		distrae	distraia	distraiamos	distraede	distraian
Negative (non)		non distraias	non distraia	non distraiamos	non distraiades	non distraian

Further reading

• “distraer” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

References

• “distraer” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “distraer” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “distraer” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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

Conjugation

    Conjugation of distraer (irregular) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			distraer
gerund			distrayendo
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		distraído		distraída
		plural		distraídos		distraídas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	distraigo	distraestú distraésvos	distrae	distraemos	distraéis	distraen
	imperfect	distraía	distraías	distraía	distraíamos	distraíais	distraían
	preterite	distraje	distrajiste	distrajo	distrajimos	distrajisteis	distrajeron
	future	distraeré	distraerás	distraerá	distraeremos	distraeréis	distraerán
	conditional	distraería	distraerías	distraería	distraeríamos	distraeríais	distraerían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	distraiga	distraigastú distraigásvos2	distraiga	distraigamos	distraigáis	distraigan
	imperfect (ra)	distrajera	distrajeras	distrajera	distrajéramos	distrajerais	distrajeran
	imperfect (se)	distrajese	distrajeses	distrajese	distrajésemos	distrajeseis	distrajesen
	future1	distrajere	distrajeres	distrajere	distrajéremos	distrajereis	distrajeren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		distraetú distraévos	distraiga	distraigamos	distraed	distraigan
	negative		no distraigas	no distraiga	no distraigamos	no distraigáis	no distraigan

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of distraer (irregular)

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive distraer
	dative	distraerme	distraerte	distraerle, distraerse	distraernos	distraeros	distraerles, distraerse
	accusative	distraerme	distraerte	distraerlo, distraerla, distraerse	distraernos	distraeros	distraerlos, distraerlas, distraerse
with gerund distrayendo
	dative	distrayéndome	distrayéndote	distrayéndole, distrayéndose	distrayéndonos	distrayéndoos	distrayéndoles, distrayéndose
	accusative	distrayéndome	distrayéndote	distrayéndolo, distrayéndola, distrayéndose	distrayéndonos	distrayéndoos	distrayéndolos, distrayéndolas, distrayéndose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative distrae
	dative	distráeme	distráete	distráele	distráenos	not used	distráeles
	accusative	distráeme	distráete	distráelo, distráela	distráenos	not used	distráelos, distráelas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative distraé
	dative	distraeme	distraete	distraele	distraenos	not used	distraeles
	accusative	distraeme	distraete	distraelo, distraela	distraenos	not used	distraelos, distraelas
with formal second-person singular imperative distraiga
	dative	distráigame	not used	distráigale, distráigase	distráiganos	not used	distráigales
	accusative	distráigame	not used	distráigalo, distráigala, distráigase	distráiganos	not used	distráigalos, distráigalas
with first-person plural imperative distraigamos
	dative	not used	distraigámoste	distraigámosle	distraigámonos	distraigámoos	distraigámosles
	accusative	not used	distraigámoste	distraigámoslo, distraigámosla	distraigámonos	distraigámoos	distraigámoslos, distraigámoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative distraed
	dative	distraedme	not used	distraedle	distraednos	distraeos	distraedles
	accusative	distraedme	not used	distraedlo, distraedla	distraednos	distraeos	distraedlos, distraedlas
with formal second-person plural imperative distraigan
	dative	distráiganme	not used	distráiganle	distráigannos	not used	distráiganles, distráiganse
	accusative	distráiganme	not used	distráiganlo, distráiganla	distráigannos	not used	distráiganlos, distráiganlas, distráiganse

Related terms

• distracción

 

Further reading

• “distraer”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014