Breakdown of Dejamos de priorizar solo la urgencia.
dejar de
to stop
solo
only
la urgencia
the urgency
priorizar
to prioritise
Questions & Answers about Dejamos de priorizar solo la urgencia.
Why does dejar mean to stop here if I learned it as to leave?
Because dejar de + infinitive is a very common Spanish structure meaning to stop doing something or to no longer do something.
So here:
- dejar = usually to leave
- dejar de priorizar = to stop prioritizing
This is a set expression, so you should learn dejar de as a chunk.
Examples:
- Dejé de fumar. = I stopped smoking.
- Dejamos de discutir. = We stopped arguing.
Why is there a de after dejamos?
Because the pattern is dejar de + infinitive.
You normally cannot remove the de if you want the meaning stop doing.
- Dejamos de priorizar... = We stopped / stop prioritizing...
- Dejamos priorizar... would not mean the same thing at all.
So the de is required by this construction.
Is dejamos present tense or past tense?