Please don't distract me from my work.
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Distract
//dɪˈstɹækt//
Synonyms for "distract" (101 found)
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9 entriesTranslations
45 translations across 33 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- Huto verb (To divert the attention of)
Arabic
1 entries- أَلْهَى verb (To divert the attention of)
Armenian
2 entries- շեղել verb (To divert the attention of)
- ուշադրությունը շեղել verb (To divert the attention of)
Asturian
1 entries- distrayer verb (To divert the attention of)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- diqqətini yayındırmaq verb (To divert the attention of)
- fikrini yayındırmaq verb (To divert the attention of)
Belarusian
2 entries- адцягваць verb (To divert the attention of)
- адцягнуць verb (To divert the attention of)
Bulgarian
2 entries- отвличам verb (To divert the attention of)
- разсейвам verb (To divert the attention of)
Catalan
1 entries- distreure verb (To divert the attention of)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 分心 verb (To divert the attention of)
Danish
2 entries- aflede verb (To divert the attention of)
- distrahere verb (To divert the attention of)
Dutch
1 entries- afleiden verb (To divert the attention of)
Esperanto
1 entries- distri verb (To divert the attention of)
Finnish
1 entries- harhauttaa verb (To divert the attention of)
French
1 entries- distraire verb (To divert the attention of)
Galician
1 entries- distraer verb (To divert the attention of)
German
1 entries- ablenken verb (To divert the attention of)
Hebrew
1 entries- הסיח את הדעת verb (To divert the attention of)
Icelandic
1 entries- fipa verb (To divert the attention of)
Ido
2 entries- amuzar verb (To divert the attention of)
- distraktar verb (To divert the attention of)
Italian
1 entries- distrarre verb (To divert the attention of)
Japanese
1 entries- 気をそらす verb (To divert the attention of)
Latin
2 entries- distrahō verb (To divert the attention of)
- distringō verb (To divert the attention of)
Māori
2 entries- wawao verb (To divert the attention of)
- whakawarea verb (To divert the attention of)
Norwegian
1 entries- distrahere verb (To divert the attention of)
Occitan
1 entries- distraire verb (To divert the attention of)
Polish
2 entries- rozpraszać verb (To divert the attention of)
- rozproszyć verb (To divert the attention of)
Portuguese
1 entries- distrair verb (To divert the attention of)
Russian
2 entries- отвле́чь verb (To divert the attention of)
- отвлека́ть verb (To divert the attention of)
Spanish
2 entries- despistar verb (To divert the attention of)
- distraer verb (To divert the attention of)
Swedish
1 entries- distrahera verb (To divert the attention of)
Turkish
1 entries- dikkati dağıtmak verb (To divert the attention of)
Ukrainian
2 entries- відволікати verb (To divert the attention of)
- відволікти verb (To divert the attention of)
Welsh
1 entries- gwrthdynnu verb (To divert the attention of)
Sample sentences
18 total sentences available.
In order to distract the others, we brought up this irrelevant issue as a red herring.
Source: tatoeba (274128)
Don't distract me from studying.
Source: tatoeba (320391)
Don't distract me while I am studying.
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