distrair
Portuguese, verb/d͡ʒis.tɾaˈi(ʁ)/
distrair is spelled D-I-S-T-R-A-I-R (8 letters) and appears 5.1 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 12,013th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Distrair is a Portuguese verb meaning “to distract” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “mudar o foco da atenção, da concentração, do pensamento”.
What does distrair mean in English?
verb
- 1
to distract
- 2
to amuse
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. mudar o foco da atenção, da concentração, do pensamento 2. fazer tirar uma ideia da cabeça 3. divertir, entreter, recrear 4. dividir, separar
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of distrair
- distraio first-person present singular
- distraí first-person preterite singular
- distraído participle past
- distraíres infinitive second-person singular
- distrairmos first-person infinitive plural
- distrairdes infinitive plural second-person
- distraírem infinitive plural third-person
- distraindo gerund
- distraídos masculine participle past
- distraída feminine participle past
- distraídas feminine participle past
- distrais indicative present second-person
- distrai indicative present singular
- distraímos first-person indicative plural
- distraís indicative plural present
- distraem indicative plural present
- distraía first-person imperfect indicative
- distraías imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce distrair?
- Brazil /d͡ʒis.tɾaˈi(ʁ)/
- Brazil [d͡ʒis.tɾaˈi(h)]
- /d͡ʒis.tɾaˈi(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to distrair
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is distrair in Portuguese?
distrair appears 5.1 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).