Breakdown of Para ahorrar dinero, hay que empezar a controlar los gastos y dejar de gastar demasiado.
y
and
para
for / in order to (+ infinitive) / by (a deadline)
el dinero
the money
a
to
empezar
to begin
hay que
one must, it is necessary to (+ infinitive)
dejar de
to stop (+ infinitive)
gastar
to spend (money, resources)
ahorrar
to save (money) / to save (time)
controlar
to control
el gasto
the expense
demasiado
too, too much
Questions & Answers about Para ahorrar dinero, hay que empezar a controlar los gastos y dejar de gastar demasiado.
Why is it dejar de gastar instead of just dejar gastar?
In Spanish, to say "to stop doing something", you use the phrase dejar de followed by an infinitive verb. Here, dejar de gastar means "to stop spending". If you drop the de, the verb dejar mostly just means "to leave" or "to let".
Why do we use hay que instead of tienes que here?
Why do we need the a in empezar a controlar?
The verb empezar (to start) requires the preposition a when it connects to another action. Just like the current lesson shows dejar needing de, empezar always pairs with a before an infinitive verb.
Why does the sentence start with Para instead of Por?
When followed by an infinitive verb like ahorrar (to save), para translates to "in order to". So, Para ahorrar dinero means "In order to save money". Por would not be used to express this kind of goal or purpose.
Does the word demasiado change if a group of women is spending the money?
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