Word
¿Por qué no dejas de interrumpir la reunión?
Meaning
Why don't you stop interrupting the meeting?
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of ¿Por qué no dejas de interrumpir la reunión?
de
from / of
no
no, not
por qué
why
la reunión
the meeting / gathering
Questions & Answers about ¿Por qué no dejas de interrumpir la reunión?
Why does the sentence use dejas de instead of a word like parar?
In Spanish, the phrase dejar de followed by an infinitive verb (like interrumpir) is the most common way to say "to stop doing something" or "to quit doing something." While parar also means "to stop," it is usually used for physical movement, like someone walking who suddenly halts.
English says "stop interrupting" with an "-ing" word. Why does Spanish use the infinitive interrumpir here?
In English, we often use the "-ing" form after verbs like "stop." However, in Spanish, whenever a verb directly follows a preposition (like the de in dejar de), that verb must remain in its unconjugated infinitive form (ending in -ar, -er, or -ir). That is why we use interrumpir and not interrumpiendo.
Is ¿Por qué no dejas...? a genuine question or a command?
Why is Por qué written as two words with an accent mark?