distract

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• /dɪˈstɹækt/
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Borrowed from Latin distractus, from distrahō (“to pull apart”), from dis- + trahō (“to pull”).

47 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: Huto — To divert the attention of
• Arabic: أَلْهَى (ʔalhā) — To divert the attention of
• Armenian: շեղել (šeġel) — To divert the attention of
• Armenian: ուշադրությունը շեղել (ušadrutʻyunə šeġel) — To divert the attention of
• Asturian: distrayer — To divert the attention of
• Azerbaijani: fikrini yayındırmaq — To divert the attention of
• Azerbaijani: diqqətini yayındırmaq — To divert the attention of
• Belarusian: адцягваць (adcjahvacʹ) — To divert the attention of
• Belarusian: адцягнуць (adcjahnucʹ) — To divert the attention of
• Bulgarian: отвличам (otvličam) — To divert the attention of
• Bulgarian: разсейвам (razsejvam) — To divert the attention of
• Catalan: distreure — To divert the attention of
• Chinese Mandarin: 分心 (fēnxīn) — To divert the attention of
• Danish: aflede — To divert the attention of
• Danish: distrahere — To divert the attention of
• Dutch: afleiden — To divert the attention of
• Esperanto: distri — To divert the attention of
• Finnish: harhauttaa — To divert the attention of
• French: distraire — To divert the attention of
• Galician: distraer — To divert the attention of
• German: ablenken — To divert the attention of
• Hebrew: הסיח את הדעת (hisíakh et hadá'at) — To divert the attention of
• Icelandic: fipa — To divert the attention of
• Ido: distraktar — To divert the attention of
• Ido: amuzar — To divert the attention of
• Italian: distrarre — To divert the attention of
• Japanese: 気をそらす (ki-o sorasu) — To divert the attention of
• Latin: distrahō — To divert the attention of
• Latin: distringō — To divert the attention of
• Māori: wawao — To divert the attention of
• Māori: whakawarea — To divert the attention of
• Norwegian: distrahere — To divert the attention of
• Occitan: distraire — To divert the attention of
• Polish: rozpraszać — To divert the attention of
• Polish: rozproszyć — To divert the attention of
• Portuguese: distrair — To divert the attention of
• Russian: отвлека́ть (otvlekátʹ) — To divert the attention of
• Russian: отвле́чь (otvléčʹ) — To divert the attention of
• Slovak: rozptyľovať — To divert the attention of
• Slovak: rozptýliť — To divert the attention of
• Spanish: distraer — To divert the attention of
• Spanish: despistar — To divert the attention of
• Swedish: distrahera — To divert the attention of
• Turkish: dikkati dağıtmak — To divert the attention of
• Ukrainian: відволікати (vidvolikaty) — To divert the attention of
• Ukrainian: відволікти (vidvolikty) — To divert the attention of
• Welsh: gwrthdynnu — To divert the attention of