Mi hija no para de jugar con la espuma en la bañera y no quiere salir.

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Breakdown of Mi hija no para de jugar con la espuma en la bañera y no quiere salir.

• en: in
• mi: my
• con: with

Questions & Answers about Mi hija no para de jugar con la espuma en la bañera y no quiere salir.

What does no para de jugar mean exactly?

It means she doesn’t stop playing or she keeps playing nonstop.

This is a very common Spanish pattern:

no parar de + infinitive

So:

• no para de jugar = she won’t stop playing / she keeps playing
• no paro de pensar = I can’t stop thinking
• no paran de hablar = they keep talking

Here, parar is not being used in the sense of to park or to stand still, but to stop.

Why is there a de in no para de jugar?

Because this expression is built that way in Spanish:

parar de + infinitive

So when you want to say to stop doing something or to not stop doing something, you normally use de before the infinitive.

Examples:

• Paró de llorar. = He/She stopped crying.
• No para de reír. = He/She can’t stop laughing.

So de is required here.
You would not normally say no para jugar to mean she doesn’t stop playing.

Why is it jugar and not jugando?