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distraer

to distract

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The Spanish verb distraer means to distract.

Present tense:

yodistraigo
distraes
él/ella/usteddistrae
nosotrosdistraemos
vosotrosdistraéis
ellos/ellas/ustedesdistraen

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🔄 Conjugations

subjunctive

imperfect

ellos/ellas/ustedesdistrajeran
yodistrajera
distrajeras
vosotrosdistrajerais
nosotrosdistrajéramos
él/ella/usteddistrajera

The imperfect subjunctive uses the 'distraj-' stem: distrajera, distrajeras, distrajera, distrajéramos, distrajerais, distrajeran.

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present

ellos/ellas/ustedesdistraigan
yodistraiga
distraigas
vosotrosdistraigáis
nosotrosdistraigamos
él/ella/usteddistraiga

The present subjunctive uses the 'distraig-' stem: distraiga, distraigas, distraiga, distraigamos, distraigáis, distraigan.

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imperative

negative

no distraigas
vosotrosno distraigáis
ustedesno distraigan
nosotrosno distraigamos
ustedno distraiga

The negative imperative uses 'no' plus the present subjunctive: no distraigas, no distraiga, no distraigamos, no distraigáis, no distraigan.

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affirmative

distrae
vosotrosdistraed
ustedesdistraigan
nosotrosdistraigamos
usteddistraiga

The imperative uses 'distrae' (tú) and 'distraigan' (ustedes) to command someone's attention (or lack thereof).

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indicative

conditional

ellos/ellas/ustedesdistraerían
yodistraería
distraerías
vosotrosdistraeríais
nosotrosdistraeríamos
él/ella/usteddistraería

The conditional of distraer is regular: distraería, distraerías, distraería, distraeríamos, distraeríais, distraerían.

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preterite

ellos/ellas/ustedesdistrajeron
yodistraje
distrajiste
vosotrosdistrajisteis
nosotrosdistrajimos
él/ella/usteddistrajo

The preterite of distraer is highly irregular, using the stem 'distraj-' (distraje, distrajiste, distrajo).

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imperfect

ellos/ellas/ustedesdistraían
yodistraía
distraías
vosotrosdistraíais
nosotrosdistraíamos
él/ella/usteddistraía

The imperfect of distraer is regular: distraía, distraías, distraía, distraíamos, distraíais, distraían.

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present

ellos/ellas/ustedesdistraen
yodistraigo
distraes
vosotrosdistraéis
nosotrosdistraemos
él/ella/usteddistrae

The present of distraer is irregular in the 'yo' form (distraigo), but follows -er patterns for the rest.

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future

ellos/ellas/ustedesdistraerán
yodistraeré
distraerás
vosotrosdistraeréis
nosotrosdistraeremos
él/ella/usteddistraerá

The future of distraer is regular: distraeré, distraerás, distraerá, distraeremos, distraeréis, distraerán.

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