отвлека́ть

uncommon #6819

verbimperfective perfective is отвле́чь

1.
to distract, to divert, to draw away
Не отвлека́й меня́ свои́ми вопро́сами.
Don't distract me with your questions.
от + genitive: distract from something
2.
to interrupt, to disturb, to keep (from work)
Я тебя́ не отвлека́ю?
Am I interrupting you?
e.g. on the phone or when dropping in
3.
(rare) to abstract, to derive (by abstraction)philosophy
Фило́софы отвлека́ют поня́тие от конкре́тных предме́тов.
Philosophers abstract the concept from concrete objects.
of concepts and notions

Examples

Э́то очень отвлека́ет.
It's very distracting.
Ненави́жу, когда меня отвлека́ют от рабо́ты.
I can't stand being disturbed in my work.
Пока она отвлека́ла Тома, её па́рень укра́л у него кошелёк.
While she distracted Tom, her boyfriend stole his wallet.
Пойдем, не будем отвлека́ть Тома от рабо́ты.
Come on, let's not distract Tom from his work.
Его каляканье в блокноте отвлекало всех на собрании.
His scribbling in his notebook distracted everyone at the meeting.
Не отвлека́й меня.
Don't distract me.
Переста́нь меня отвлека́ть.
Stop distracting me.
Хва́тит меня отвлека́ть.
Stop distracting me.

Imperative
ты	отвлека́й
вы	отвлека́йте

Active present	отвлека́ющий	counter-attracting
Active past	отвлека́вший	distracting, diverting, that distracted
Passive present	отвлека́емый	distractible, easily distracted
Passive past	-
Gerund present	отвлека́я	while doing (present)
Gerund past	отвлекав отвлекавши	while doing (past)

Verb	Prefix	Meaning
вовлека́ть	во-	to involve; to drag into
завлека́ть	за-	to attract; to lure (into a place); to seduce
извлека́ть	из-	to extract; to derive
навлекать	на-	to bring upon