Breakdown of El mentor dejó de alambrar el bonsái inclinado.
de
from / of
dejar
to stop / to leave (something behind)
el mentor
the mentor
el bonsái
the bonsai
alambrar
to wire
inclinado
slanted
Questions & Answers about El mentor dejó de alambrar el bonsái inclinado.
Why is it dejó de alambrar instead of just dejó alambrar?
To say you 'stopped doing something', you must use the phrase dejar de followed by an infinitive. If you drop the de, the meaning changes completely: dejar + infinitive means 'to let' or 'to allow'. So, dejó alambrar would mean 'he let (someone) wire.'
Could I use paró de alambrar here instead?
You could, but dejar de is the most natural and common way to translate 'to stop [doing an action]' or 'to quit [doing something]'. The verb parar is generally preferred when someone or something physically comes to a halt, like stopping a car or pausing a walk.
Where does the verb alambrar come from?
Why does bonsái have a written accent mark?
Bonsái is stressed on the final syllable. According to Spanish spelling rules, words stressed on the last syllable must carry a written accent if they end in a vowel, n, or s. Without the accent mark, the word would naturally be pronounced with the stress on the first syllable.
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