A2⚡ Verbs
Italian word
distrarre
to distract, to take someone's mind off something
Looks like
to distress
to cause anxiety or suffering
⚠️ The trap
The '-trarre' ending looks like 'distress' to some learners, but 'distrarre' = to distract. To distress someone say 'angosciare' or 'turbare'. 'Sono distratto' = 'I am distracted', not 'I am distressed'.
To say "to cause anxiety or suffering" in Italian:
angosciare, addolorare (for to distress)
"distrarre" in English means:
to distract, to take someone's mind off something
Example
"Il rumore mi distrae mentre studio."
"The noise distracts me while I study."
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