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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesdistraído
Pronunciation / Transliteration: distraído
"Se quedó con una mirada distraída contemplando el horizonte."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Mentally or emotionally distant; preoccupied, absent-minded, or gazing vacantly into the distance.
"She sat by the window with a yonderly expression, lost in memories of her childhood."
- 1
Situated at a distance; yonder.
"The old cabin stood yonderly against the slope of the mist-covered hill."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Middle English 'yonder' (meaning at a distance, from Old English 'geond') combined with the adverbial suffix '-ly'. First recorded in dialectal use during the 19th century, it evolved to describe someone mentally or emotionally distant, preoccupied, or gazing vacantly into the distance.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Yonderly" is said worldwide
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distrait
Transliteration: distrait
"Il avait l'air distrait, regardant fixement par la fenêtre."
abwesend
Transliteration: abwesend
"Sie saß mit einem abwesenden Blick am Fenster."
distratto
Transliteration: distratto
"Aveva uno sguardo distratto, perso nel vuoto."
distraído
Transliteration: distraído
"Se quedó con una mirada distraída contemplando el horizonte."
distraído
Transliteration: distraído
"Ela estava com um ar distraído, olhando para longe."
मनोमन दूर
Transliteration: manoman door
"वह खिड़की के पास खोए-खोए भाव से बैठी थी।"
心不在焉的
Transliteration: xīn bù zài yān de
"她带着心不在焉的神情坐在窗前。"
멍한
Transliteration: meonghan
"그녀는 멍한 표정으로 창밖을 바라보았다."
上の空の
Transliteration: uenosora no
"彼女は上の空の表情で窓の外を見つめていた。"
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