to distract
hablamos regular endingpienso stem changetengo irregularbusqué spelling change
Presente · What happens now or habitually
Yo distraigo al perro con una pelota.
I distract the dog with a ball.
Pretérito · A completed action in the past
El ruido me distrajo.
The noise distracted me.
Imperfecto · Ongoing or habitual past; "used to"
Los celulares distraían a los estudiantes.
Cell phones distracted the students.
Futuro · What will happen
Esa música te distraerá.
That music will distract you.
Condicional · What would happen
La televisión me distraería.
The TV would distract me.
Pretérito perfecto · Has/have done
Ese ruido me ha distraído.
That noise has distracted me.
Pluscuamperfecto · Had done
Algo me había distraído.
Something had distracted me.
Futuro perfecto · Will have done
Rarely used with this verb.
Condicional perfecto · Would have done
Ese ruido te habría distraído.
That noise would have distracted you.
Presente de subjuntivo · Wishes, doubts, emotions about the present or future
No quiero que me distraigas.
I don't want you to distract me.
Imperfecto de subjuntivo (-ra) · Hypotheticals and past wishes; the common form
Apagué la radio para que no me distrajera.
I turned off the radio so it wouldn't distract me.
Imperfecto de subjuntivo (-se) · Same meaning as -ra; more literary
Temía que me distrajesen.
I was afraid they would distract me.
Pretérito perfecto de subjuntivo · Subjunctive for something that has happened
Espero que nada te haya distraído.
I hope nothing has distracted you.
Pluscuamperfecto de subjuntivo · Contrary-to-fact past: "if I had..."
Si no me hubiera distraído el celular, habría terminado.
If my phone hadn't distracted me, I would have finished.
Imperativo afirmativo · Commands: do it!
Distrae al niño mientras le ponen la vacuna.
Distract the boy while they give him the shot.
Imperativo negativo · Commands: don't do it!
No distraigas al chofer.
Don't distract the driver.