Skip to content

distogliere

to distract, to divert attention

verb dees-TOL-yeh-reh Rare

Origin: Latin dis- + tollere (to lift away)

Also means

to dissuade

Usage Note

Distogliere is a compound of togliere and takes avere as its auxiliary. It is commonly followed by dadistogliere lo sguardo da qualcosa means to look away from something. The related noun is distoglimento, rarely used; the past participle distolto appears in formal contexts.

Examples

"Non riesco a distogliere l'attenzione dal rumore."

Natural Translation

I can't divert my attention from the noise.

Literal Translation

Not I-manage to distract the-attention from-the noise.

Explore Italian by topic