Breakdown of No quitarse el overol desde la mañana hasta la noche.
no
no, not
la mañana
the morning
la noche
the night
hasta
until / as far as
Questions & Answers about No quitarse el overol desde la mañana hasta la noche.
Why is the infinitive used here instead of a normal command like no se quite?
This sentence uses an independent infinitive, which is very common in Spanish for general rules, signs, and impersonal instructions. Unlike no se quite (which gives an order to a specific person), no quitarse acts as a blanket rule applying to anyone and everyone.
I learned that in negative commands, pronouns go before the verb. Why is se attached to the end of quitar even though there is a no?
The rule about putting the pronoun before the verb only applies to conjugated verbs in the negative imperative (like no se quite). Because quitar is an infinitive here, object pronouns must always be attached directly to the end of it, regardless of the no at the beginning of the sentence.
Who does the se refer to if this is an impersonal instruction?
It refers to "oneself." The verb is quitarse (to take off an item of clothing from oneself). When using an infinitive for a general instruction that applies to people in general, we use the third-person pronoun se to represent that generic "oneself."
Why is el overol singular when the English translation says "the overalls"?