Breakdown of Quito las distracciones del escritorio y silencio las notificaciones del teléfono.
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Questions & Answers about Quito las distracciones del escritorio y silencio las notificaciones del teléfono.
Why is it quito and not me quito?
Quitar is only reflexive (quitarse) when you remove something from yourself:
- Me quito la chaqueta. = I take off my jacket (from my body).
In your sentence, you are removing distractions from the desk, not from yourself, so the reflexive pronoun me is not needed:
- Quito las distracciones del escritorio. = I remove the distractions from the desk.
Using me quito here would sound as if you are taking the distractions off of your own body, which is not the idea.
Is quito here related to Quito, the capital of Ecuador?
No. They are just homonyms in writing.
- quito (lowercase) is the 1st person singular of the verb quitar: I remove.
- Quito (capital Q) is the proper noun for the city.
Spanish distinguishes them by capital letter and context, just like march (verb) and March (month) in English.
Why do we say las distracciones and las notificaciones with “las”? In English we usually say just “distractions” and “notifications” without “the”.