distraer
verbo transitivo
1 (entretener) to entertain; amuse
distrajimos a los niños contándoles cuentos we kept the children entertained o amused by telling them stories; la música es lo que más me distrae music is the thing I most enjoy
necesito algo que me distraiga un poco I need something to take my mind off things; la cocina me distrae de mis problemas cooking takes my mind off my problems
distraer el hambre to keep the wolf from the door
verbo intransitivo
(entretener) [+pesca, ejercicio] to be relaxing; take your mind off things; [+lectura, espectáculo] to be entertaining; take your mind off things salir de compras distrae mucho going shopping takes your mind off things
verbo pronominal
distraerse1 (entretenerse) to keep o.s. entertained; keep o.s. amused
me distraigo viendo la tele I keep myself entertained o amused watching TV
se distrae mucho con sus nietos her grandchildren keep her entertained o amused; deberías salir y distraerte you should get out and enjoy yourself
2 (despistarse) to get distracted
oye bien lo que digo y no te distraigas listen carefully and don't let yourself get distracted; se distrae mucho en clase he gets very easily distracted in class
me distraje un momento y se me quemó la comida my attention wandered o I got distracted for a moment and the dinner got burnt
se distrae con el vuelo de una mosca he gets distracted by the slightest thing