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f absent-mindedness( errore) inattention( svago) amusementche distrae da un'attività distraction* * *distrazione s.f.1 ( l'essere distratto) absent-mindedness; self-absorption; abstraction: a causa della mia distrazione persi il cappello nuovo, because of my absent-mindedness I lost my new hat2 ( disattenzione) inattention, lack of attention; ( sbadatezza) carelessness: errore di distrazione, careless mistake (o slip); un momento di distrazione, a moment of inattention; niente di grave, è solo una distrazione, it's nothing serious, just a slip // per distrazione, inadvertently (o unthinkingly o heedlessly): l'ha fatto per distrazione, he did it unthinkingly3 ( divertimento) recreation, amusement, entertainment, diversion, distraction; ( riposo) relaxation: in una grande città si trova qualsiasi tipo di distrazione, you can find every form of entertainment in a big city; ho bisogno di un po' di distrazione, I need to relax; cercar distrazione nei libri, to seek relaxation in books; ogni tanto bisogna concedersi qualche distrazione, every now and then you need a bit of relaxation4 ( sottrazione e destinazione di denaro a uso indebito) misappropriation, diversion (anche dir.): distrazione degli utili, di fondi pubblici, diversion of profits, of public funds* * *[distrat'tsjone]sostantivo femminile1) (svago)è la sua unica distrazione — it's her only entertainment o form of leisure
2) (sbadataggine) absent-mindedness, carelessness; (disattenzione) inattention, distractionattimo o momento di distrazione lapse of concentration; errore di distrazione — careless mistake, slip, oversight
* * *distrazione/distrat'tsjone/sostantivo f.1 (svago) è la sua unica distrazione it's her only entertainment o form of leisure; ho bisogno di distrazione I need some form of diversion2 (sbadataggine) absent-mindedness, carelessness; (disattenzione) inattention, distraction; attimo o momento di distrazione lapse of concentration; errore di distrazione careless mistake, slip, oversight. -
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