WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:
| Principal Translations |
| distraído adj | (persona: no atenta) | distracted adj |
| | | preoccupied adj |
| | (informal) | miles away, away with the fairies adj |
| | (habitually) | inattentive adj |
| | Estaba distraído y la maestra le llamó la atención. |
| | He was distracted, and the teacher scolded him. |
| distraído adj | (persona: despistada) | scatterbrained adj |
| | | absent-minded adj |
| | (US: very informal, disapproving) | ditzy, air-headed adj |
| | ¡Qué distraído! Se puso dos medias de distinto color. |
| | So scatterbrained! She put on two different colored stockings. |
| Additional Translations |
| distraído nm | (falto de concentración) (colloquial) | scatterbrain n |
| | | absent-minded, inattentive adj |
| | Disculpa el golpe, soy un distraído. |
| | Excuse my bumping you. I'm a scatterbrain. |
WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:
| Principal Translations |
| distraer⇒ vtr | (desconcentrar a alguien) | distract⇒ vtr |
| | Por favor, deja de distraer a tu hermana que está estudiando. |
| | Please stop distracting your sister. She's studying. |
| distraer vtr | (entretener) | amuse⇒, entertain⇒ vtr |
| | No hay como la tele para distraer a los chicos. |
| | Television is great for amusing (or: entertaining) the children. |
| distraer vtr | (dinero, fondos: sustraer) | embezzle⇒ vtr |
| | Distrajo una cantidad de dinero de la empresa y le pillaron. |
| | He embezzled a large amount of money from the company and got caught. |
| distraerse⇒ v prnl | (apartar la atención) | get distracted vi + adj |
| | | be distracted v aux + adj |
| | Cuando uno está al volante, no debe distraerse ni un instante. |
| | When driving, you can't get distracted for even one second. |
| distraerse v prnl | (entretenerse) | do for fun, do to have fun v expr |
| | | keep yourself amused, keep yourself entertained v expr |
| | ¿Y qué hacen ustedes para distraerse? |
| | And what do you guys do for fun (or: to have fun)? |