🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

distração

Pronunciation / Transliteration: distração

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Distraction/dɪˈstræk.ʃən/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #2150 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"A música alta era uma grande distração durante o exame."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The act of diverting attention from something.

    "The loud music was a major distraction during the exam."
  2. 2

    Something that prevents someone from giving full attention to something else.

    "Her phone was a constant distraction while she was studying."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin distractio, meaning 'a pulling apart' or 'separation', formed from dis- ('away') and trahere ('to draw'). The term evolved in Middle French and Late Middle English to signify the drawing away of the mind or attention from something.

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