distract

distrarre

Far perdere a qualcuno l’attenzione su ciò che stava facendo o pensando.

In inglese semplice: To make someone stop paying attention to what they were doing or thinking about.

• Please do not distract me.
• A loud crash distracted him from his reading.
• She told jokes to distract the children while they waited.

Come si usa: distract someone from something (The music distracted me from my work.); be distracted by something (She was distracted by a noise outside.)

Sinonimi: divert, sidetrack

Espressioni comuni: distract someone, distract from something, distract with something