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How to conjugate Distraer in Spanish

distraer to distract Irregular Verb

At a glance: Distraer (to distract) is a irregular verb in Spanish. In the present tense: distraigo, distraes, distrae, distraemos, distraéis, distraen. Yo adds ig (distraigo); the other forms are regular. It is also irregular in the preterite (distraje), subjunctive, gerund (distrayendo) and past participle (distraído).

Past participle
distraído distracted
Gerund
distrayendo distracting
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Indicative tenses of Distraer

Distraer in the Indicative Present

The Indicative Present of distraer is used to talk about situations, events or thoughts that are happening now or in the near future. It is also used to talk about facts and truths. For example, “distraigo”, meaning “I distract”.

In Spanish, the Indicative Present is known as "El Presente".

PronounSpanishEnglish
YodistraigoI distract
Túdistraesyou distract
Ella / Él / Usteddistraes/he distracts
Nosotras / Nosotrosdistraemoswe distract
Vosotras / Vosotrosdistraéisyou (plural) distract
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesdistraenthey distract

How it’s built: Yo adds ig (distraigo); the other forms are regular.

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Distraer in the Indicative Preterite

The Indicative Preterite of distraer is used to talk about actions completed in the past, at a specific point in time. For example, “distraje”, meaning “I distracted”.

In Spanish, the Indicative Preterite is known as "El Pretérito Indefinido".

PronounSpanishEnglish
YodistrajeI distracted
Túdistrajisteyou distracted
Ella / Él / Usteddistrajos/he distracted
Nosotras / Nosotrosdistrajimoswe distracted
Vosotras / Vosotrosdistrajisteisyou (plural) distracted
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesdistrajeronthey distracted

How it’s built: Irregular stem distraj- plus the endings -e, -iste, -o, -imos, -isteis, -ieron; ellas/ellos drops the i (distrajeron).

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Distraer in the Indicative Imperfect

The Indicative Imperfect of distraer is used to describe regular and repeated actions that happened in the past and descriptions of things you used to do. For example, “distraía”, meaning “I used to distract”.

In Spanish, the Indicative Imperfect is known as "El Pretérito Imperfecto".

PronounSpanishEnglish
YodistraíaI used to distract
Túdistraíasyou used to distract
Ella / Él / Usteddistraías/he used to distract
Nosotras / Nosotrosdistraíamoswe used to distract
Vosotras / Vosotrosdistraíaisyou (plural) used to distract
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesdistraíanthey used to distract

How it’s built: Regular: stem distra- plus the -er endings.

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Distraer in the Indicative Present Continuous

The Indicative Present Continuous of distraer is used to talk about something that is happening continuously or right now. For example, “estoy distrayendo”, meaning “I am distracting”.

In Spanish, the Indicative Present Continuous is known as "El Presente Progresivo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yoestoy distrayendoI am distracting
Túestás distrayendoyou are distracting
Ella / Él / Ustedestá distrayendos/he is distracting
Nosotras / Nosotrosestamos distrayendowe are distracting
Vosotras / Vosotrosestáis distrayendoyou (plural) are distracting
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesestán distrayendothey are distracting

How it’s built: Estar in the present (estoy, estás, está, estamos, estáis, están) plus the irregular gerund distrayendo.

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Distraer in the Indicative Informal Future

The Indicative Informal Future of distraer is used to talk about something that will happen in the future, especially in the near future. For example, “voy a distraer”, meaning “I am going to distract”.

In Spanish, the Indicative Informal Future is known as "El Futuro Próximo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yovoy a distraerI am going to distract
Túvas a distraeryou are going to distract
Ella / Él / Ustedva a distraers/he is going to distract
Nosotras / Nosotrosvamos a distraerwe are going to distract
Vosotras / Vosotrosvais a distraeryou (plural) are going to distract
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesvan a distraerthey are going to distract

How it’s built: Ir in the present (voy, vas, va, vamos, vais, van), then a, then the infinitive distraer.

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Distraer in the Indicative Future

The Indicative Future of distraer is used to talk about something that will happen in the future. For example, “distraeré”, meaning “I will distract”.

In Spanish, the Indicative Future is known as "El Futuro Simple".

PronounSpanishEnglish
YodistraeréI will distract
Túdistraerásyou will distract
Ella / Él / Usteddistraerás/he will distract
Nosotras / Nosotrosdistraeremoswe will distract
Vosotras / Vosotrosdistraeréisyou (plural) will distract
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesdistraeránthey will distract

How it’s built: Regular: the infinitive distraer plus the future endings.

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Distraer in the Indicative Conditional

The Indicative Conditional of distraer is used to talk about something that may happen in the future, hypothesis and probabilities. For example, “distraería”, meaning “I would distract”.

In Spanish, the Indicative Conditional is known as "El Condicional Simple".

PronounSpanishEnglish
YodistraeríaI would distract
Túdistraeríasyou would distract
Ella / Él / Usteddistraerías/he would distract
Nosotras / Nosotrosdistraeríamoswe would distract
Vosotras / Vosotrosdistraeríaisyou (plural) would distract
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesdistraeríanthey would distract

How it’s built: Regular: the infinitive distraer plus the conditional endings.

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Distraer in the Indicative Present Perfect

The Indicative Present Perfect of distraer is used to describe actions that started recently (in the past) and are still happening now or things that have been done recently. For example, “he distraído”, meaning “I have distracted”.

In Spanish, the Indicative Present Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Perfecto".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohe distraídoI have distracted
Túhas distraídoyou have distracted
Ella / Él / Ustedha distraídos/he has distracted
Nosotras / Nosotroshemos distraídowe have distracted
Vosotras / Vosotroshabéis distraídoyou (plural) have distracted
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshan distraídothey have distracted

How it’s built: Haber in the present (he, has, ha, hemos, habéis, han) plus the irregular past participle distraído.

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Distraer in the Indicative Past Perfect

The Indicative Past Perfect of distraer is used to talk about actions that happened before another action in the past. For example, “había distraído”, meaning “I had distracted”.

In Spanish, the Indicative Past Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohabía distraídoI had distracted
Túhabías distraídoyou had distracted
Ella / Él / Ustedhabía distraídos/he had distracted
Nosotras / Nosotroshabíamos distraídowe had distracted
Vosotras / Vosotroshabíais distraídoyou (plural) had distracted
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshabían distraídothey had distracted

How it’s built: Haber in the imperfect (había, habías, había, habíamos, habíais, habían) plus the irregular past participle distraído.

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Distraer in the Indicative Future Perfect

The Indicative Future Perfect of distraer is used to talk about something that will have happened in the future after something else has already happened. For example, “habré distraído”, meaning “I will have distracted”.

In Spanish, the Indicative Future Perfect is known as "El Futuro Perfecto".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohabré distraídoI will have distracted
Túhabrás distraídoyou will have distracted
Ella / Él / Ustedhabrá distraídos/he will have distracted
Nosotras / Nosotroshabremos distraídowe will have distracted
Vosotras / Vosotroshabréis distraídoyou (plural) will have distracted
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshabrán distraídothey will have distracted

How it’s built: Haber in the future (habré, habrás, habrá, habremos, habréis, habrán) plus the irregular past participle distraído.

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Distraer in the Indicative Conditional Perfect

The Indicative Conditional Perfect of distraer is used to talk about something that would have happened in the past but didn’t due to another action. For example, “habría distraído”, meaning “I would have distracted”.

In Spanish, the Indicative Conditional Perfect is known as "El Condicional Perfecto".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohabría distraídoI would have distracted
Túhabrías distraídoyou would have distracted
Ella / Él / Ustedhabría distraídos/he would have distracted
Nosotras / Nosotroshabríamos distraídowe would have distracted
Vosotras / Vosotroshabríais distraídoyou (plural) would have distracted
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshabrían distraídothey would have distracted

How it’s built: Haber in the conditional (habría, habrías, habría, habríamos, habríais, habrían) plus the irregular past participle distraído.

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Subjunctive tenses of Distraer

Distraer in the Subjunctive Present

The Subjunctive Present is used to talk about situations of uncertainty, or emotions such as wishes, desires and hopes. It differs from the indicative mood due to the uncertainty of the events which are being spoken about. For example, “distraiga”, meaning “I distract”.

In Spanish, the Subjunctive Present is known as "El Presente de Subjuntivo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
YodistraigaI distract
Túdistraigasyou distract
Ella / Él / Usteddistraigas/he distracts
Nosotras / Nosotrosdistraigamoswe distract
Vosotras / Vosotrosdistraigáisyou (plural) distract
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesdistraiganthey distract

How it’s built: Every form follows the yo present, distraigo (distraiga, distraigas, distraiga, distraigamos, distraigáis, distraigan).

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Distraer in the Subjunctive Imperfect

The Subjunctive Imperfect is used to speak about unlikely or uncertain events in the past or to cast an opinion (emotional) about something that happened in the past. For example, “distrajera”, meaning “I distracted”.

In Spanish, the Subjunctive Imperfect is known as "El Imperfecto Subjuntivo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
YodistrajeraI distracted
Túdistrajerasyou distracted
Ella / Él / Usteddistrajeras/he distracted
Nosotras / Nosotrosdistrajéramoswe distracted
Vosotras / Vosotrosdistrajeraisyou (plural) distracted
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesdistrajeranthey distracted

How it’s built: Built on the irregular ellas/ellos preterite, distrajeron: drop -ron and add the -ra endings; nosotros adds an accent (distrajéramos).

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Distraer in the Subjunctive Future

The Subjunctive Future is used to speak about hypothetical situations, and actions/events that may happen in the future. For example, “distrajere”, meaning “I will distract”.

In Spanish, the Subjunctive Future is known as "El Futuro de Subjuntivo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
YodistrajereI will distract
Túdistrajeresyou will distract
Ella / Él / Usteddistrajeres/he will distract
Nosotras / Nosotrosdistrajéremoswe will distract
Vosotras / Vosotrosdistrajereisyou (plural) will distract
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesdistrajerenthey will distract

How it’s built: Built on the irregular ellas/ellos preterite, distrajeron: drop -ron and add the -re endings; nosotros adds an accent (distrajéremos).

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Distraer in the Subjunctive Present Perfect

The Subjunctive Present Perfect is used to describe past actions or events that are still connected to the present day and to speak about an action that will have happened by a certain time in the future. For example, “haya distraído”, meaning “I have distracted”.

In Spanish, the Subjunctive Present Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Perfecto de Subjuntivo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohaya distraídoI have distracted
Túhayas distraídoyou have distracted
Ella / Él / Ustedhaya distraídos/he has distracted
Nosotras / Nosotroshayamos distraídowe have distracted
Vosotras / Vosotroshayáis distraídoyou (plural) have distracted
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshayan distraídothey have distracted

How it’s built: Haber in the subjunctive present (haya, hayas, haya, hayamos, hayáis, hayan) plus the irregular past participle distraído.

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Distraer in the Subjunctive Past Perfect

The Subjunctive Past Perfect is used to speak about hypothetical situations, and actions/events that occurred before other actions/events in the past. For example, “hubiera distraído”, meaning “I had distracted”.

In Spanish, the Subjunctive Past Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto de Subjuntivo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohubiera distraídoI had distracted
Túhubieras distraídoyou had distracted
Ella / Él / Ustedhubiera distraídos/he had distracted
Nosotras / Nosotroshubiéramos distraídowe had distracted
Vosotras / Vosotroshubierais distraídoyou (plural) had distracted
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshubieran distraídothey had distracted

How it’s built: Haber in the subjunctive imperfect (hubiera, hubieras, hubiera, hubiéramos, hubierais, hubieran) plus the irregular past participle distraído.

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Distraer in the Subjunctive Future Perfect

The Subjunctive Future Perfect is used to speak about something that will have happened if a hypothetical situations occurs in the future. For example, “hubiere distraído”, meaning “I will have distracted”.

In Spanish, the Subjunctive Future Perfect is known as "El Futuro Perfecto de Subjuntivo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohubiere distraídoI will have distracted
Túhubieres distraídoyou will have distracted
Ella / Él / Ustedhubiere distraídos/he will have distracted
Nosotras / Nosotroshubiéremos distraídowe will have distracted
Vosotras / Vosotroshubiereis distraídoyou (plural) will have distracted
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshubieren distraídothey will have distracted

How it’s built: Haber in the subjunctive future (hubiere, hubieres, hubiere, hubiéremos, hubiereis, hubieren) plus the irregular past participle distraído.

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Imperative tenses of Distraer

Distraer in the Imperative Affirmative

The Imperative Affirmative is used to give orders and commands, to tell someone to do something. For example, “distraiga”, meaning “(to you formal) distract!”.

In Spanish, the Imperative Affirmative is known as "El Imperativo Afirmativo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yo--
Túdistrae(to you) distract!
Ella / Él / Usteddistraiga(to you formal) distract!
Nosotras / Nosotrosdistraigamoslet's distract!
Vosotras / Vosotrosdistraed(to you plural) distract!
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesdistraigan(to you plural formal) distract!

How it’s built: Tú takes the ella/él present (distrae); usted, nosotros and ustedes take the subjunctive present (distraiga, distraigamos, distraigan); vosotros swaps the final r of the infinitive for a d (distraed).

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Distraer in the Imperative Negative

The Imperative Negative is used to give orders and commands, telling someone not to do something. For example, “no distraiga”, meaning “(to you formal) don't distract!”.

In Spanish, the Imperative Negative is known as "El Imperativo Negativo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yo--
Túno distraigas(to you) don't distract!
Ella / Él / Ustedno distraiga(to you formal) don't distract!
Nosotras / Nosotrosno distraigamoslet's not distract!
Vosotras / Vosotrosno distraigáis(to you plural) don't distract!
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesno distraigan(to you plural formal) don't distract!

How it’s built: No plus the subjunctive present: no distraigas, no distraiga, no distraigamos, no distraigáis, no distraigan.

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Frequently asked questions about Distraer

Is distraer a regular or irregular verb?

Distraer is an irregular Spanish verb. In the present tense: yo adds ig (distraigo); the other forms are regular. It is also irregular in the preterite (distraje), subjunctive, gerund (distrayendo) and past participle (distraído).

How do you conjugate distraer in the present tense (presente)?

In the present tense (presente), distraer is conjugated as: yo distraigo, tú distraes, él/ella/usted distrae, nosotros distraemos, vosotros distraéis, ellos/ellas/ustedes distraen. The present tense is used To talk about situations, events or thoughts that are happening now or in the near future. It is also used to talk about facts and truths.

How do you conjugate distraer in the preterite (pretérito indefinido)?

In the preterite (pretérito indefinido), distraer is conjugated as: yo distraje, tú distrajiste, él/ella/usted distrajo, nosotros distrajimos, vosotros distrajisteis, ellos/ellas/ustedes distrajeron. The preterite is used To talk about actions completed in the past, at a specific point in time.

How do you conjugate distraer in the imperfect (pretérito imperfecto)?

In the imperfect (pretérito imperfecto), distraer is conjugated as: yo distraía, tú distraías, él/ella/usted distraía, nosotros distraíamos, vosotros distraíais, ellos/ellas/ustedes distraían. The imperfect is used To describe regular and repeated actions that happened in the past and descriptions of things you used to do.

How do you conjugate distraer in the future tense (futuro simple)?

In the future tense (futuro simple), distraer is conjugated as: yo distraeré, tú distraerás, él/ella/usted distraerá, nosotros distraeremos, vosotros distraeréis, ellos/ellas/ustedes distraerán. The future tense is used To talk about something that will happen in the future.

How do you conjugate distraer in the present subjunctive (subjuntivo presente)?

In the present subjunctive (subjuntivo presente), distraer is conjugated as: yo distraiga, tú distraigas, él/ella/usted distraiga, nosotros distraigamos, vosotros distraigáis, ellos/ellas/ustedes distraigan. The present subjunctive is used To talk about situations of uncertainty, or emotions such as wishes, desires and hopes. It differs from the indicative mood due to the uncertainty of the events which are being spoken about.


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