Breakdown of Dejamos de revisar la tarea pendiente después del trabajo.
Questions & Answers about Dejamos de revisar la tarea pendiente después del trabajo.
What does dejar de + infinitive mean in this sentence?
Dejar de + infinitive means to stop doing something.
So:
- dejamos de revisar = we stop reviewing/checking or we stopped reviewing/checking
It does not literally mean we leave to review here. Even though dejar often means to leave, the structure dejar de is a fixed expression meaning to stop.
Examples:
- Dejé de fumar = I stopped smoking
- Dejamos de hablar = We stopped talking
Is dejamos present tense or past tense?
It can be either, depending on context.
For -ar verbs like dejar, dejamos can mean:
So this sentence could mean either:
- We stop reviewing the pending task after work
- We stopped reviewing the pending task after work
Usually, context tells you which one is meant. Spanish often relies on the wider conversation for this.
Why is there no subject pronoun like nosotros?
Because Spanish usually drops subject pronouns when the verb already shows who the subject is.
- Dejamos already tells you the subject is we
- So nosotros dejamos... is possible, but usually unnecessary
You would add nosotros only for emphasis, contrast, or clarity.
Why do we use the infinitive revisar after de?
Because after dejar de, Spanish uses an infinitive to name the action that is being stopped.
Pattern:
- dejar de + infinitive
So:
- dejar de revisar = to stop reviewing
- dejar de estudiar = to stop studying
- dejar de trabajar = to stop working
This is similar to English stop + -ing, but Spanish uses the infinitive instead.
What does revisar mean here? Is it to review, to check, or something else?
Revisar can mean several related things, including:
- to review
- to check
- to go over
- to inspect
In this sentence, it most naturally means something like:
- to review
- to check over
If the context is schoolwork, office work, or a list of tasks, revisar often means to look through carefully.
It is not usually the same as repasar:
- revisar = check/examine/review
- repasar = review again, often for study or practice
What exactly does la tarea pendiente mean?
La tarea pendiente means the pending task, the unfinished task, or the outstanding task.
Breakdown:
- la tarea = the task / the homework / the assignment
- pendiente = pending / unfinished / still needing attention
So tarea does not always mean school homework. It can also mean a general task, depending on context.
Examples:
- Tengo una tarea pendiente. = I have an unfinished task.
- La tarea pendiente de matemáticas = the unfinished maths homework
Why does pendiente come after tarea?
Because in Spanish, many adjectives normally come after the noun.
So:
- la tarea pendiente = the pending task
This is the normal order.
In English, adjectives usually come before the noun:
- the pending task
In Spanish, putting pendiente before tarea would sound unusual here. The standard phrasing is tarea pendiente.
Why is it después del trabajo and not después de el trabajo?
What does trabajo mean here: work, job, or workplace?
Here, trabajo most naturally means work or the job/workday.
So después del trabajo usually means:
- after work
- after the workday
- sometimes after the job
It does not usually mean the physical workplace by itself in this sentence.
If you wanted to be more clearly physical, you might say:
- después de salir del trabajo = after leaving work
What does después del trabajo attach to? Does it mean we reviewed after work, or we stopped after work?
Most naturally, it modifies the whole action dejamos de revisar, so the usual reading is:
- We stopped reviewing the pending task after work
In other words, after work gives the time when the stopping happened.
But like in English, adverbial phrases can sometimes feel a little flexible depending on context. If you want to make the timing clearer, Spanish can reorder the sentence:
- Después del trabajo, dejamos de revisar la tarea pendiente.
- Dejamos de revisar la tarea pendiente después de trabajar.
Those make the time relationship easier to see.
Could this sentence sound more natural in other ways?
Yes. The original sentence is grammatical, but Spanish offers several natural alternatives depending on the exact meaning.
Después del trabajo, dejamos de revisar la tarea pendiente.
- a little clearer in structure
Dejamos de revisar la tarea pendiente al salir del trabajo.
- when we left work
Después de trabajar, dejamos de revisar la tarea pendiente.
- after working
Also, if the task is more like homework or study material, some speakers might choose a different verb:
- Dejamos de repasar la tarea pendiente
- Dejamos de mirar la tarea pendiente
The best choice depends on whether you mean check, review, study, or look over.
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