distraer

to entertain, distractirregular-er verb
Where it breaks the pattern
  • distraer follows traer: irregular first-person form
  • distraer follows traer: irregular preterite stem; the 1s and 3s endings are unstressed, so they carry no written accent
  • distraer follows traer: present subjunctive is built from the irregular yo form
  • distraer follows traer: imperfect subjunctive is built from the third-person preterite stem
  • unstressed i → y between vowels

Indicativo: distraer conjugation

PresentePretéritoImperfectoFuturoCondicional
yodistraigodistrajedistraíadistraerédistraería
distraesdistrajistedistraíasdistraerásdistraerías
él / ella / Ud.distraedistrajodistraíadistraerádistraería
nosotrosdistraemosdistrajimosdistraíamosdistraeremosdistraeríamos
vosotrosdistraéisdistrajisteisdistraíaisdistraeréisdistraeríais
ellos / Uds.distraendistrajerondistraíandistraerándistraerían

Participio: distraido · Gerundio: distrayendo

irregular form

In use

Real sentences with the conjugated form highlighted, from Tatoeba, licensed under CC BY 2.0 FR.

  • No me distraigas de mi trabajo, por favor.

    Please don't distract me from my work.

  • Ese sonido distrajo mi atención de la lectura.

    That sound distracted my attention from reading.

  • Vamos, no distraigamos a Tom de su trabajo.

    Come on, let's not distract Tom from his work.

Built on traer

These verbs are traer with a prefix, and they inherit its irregular forms.