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dejar de

to stop, to quit

verb Word 841 of the core 1,000 · Stage 5, Well-rounded

How to conjugate dejar de

The present, preterite, imperfect and future, with the English for every form.

Present

yo dejo de I stop / I am stopping / I quit / I am quitting
tú dejas de you stop / you are stopping / you quit / you are quitting
él/ella deja de he/she stops / he/she is stopping / you stop (formal) / you are stopping (formal) / he/she quits / he/she is quitting / you quit (formal) / you are quitting (formal)
nosotros dejamos de we stop / we are stopping / we quit / we are quitting
ellos/ellas dejan de they stop / they are stopping / you all stop / you all are stopping / they quit / they are quitting / you all quit / you all are quitting

Preterite

yo dejé de I stopped / I quit
tú dejaste de you stopped / you quit
él/ella dejó de he/she stopped / you stopped (formal) / he/she quit / you quit (formal)
nosotros dejamos de we stopped / we quit
ellos/ellas dejaron de they stopped / you all stopped / they quit / you all quit

Imperfect

yo dejaba de I was stopping / I used to stop / I was quitting / I used to quit
tú dejabas de you were stopping / you used to stop / you were quitting / you used to quit
él/ella dejaba de he/she was stopping / he/she used to stop / you were stopping (formal) / you used to stop (formal) / he/she was quitting / he/she used to quit / you were quitting (formal) / you used to quit (formal)
nosotros dejábamos de we were stopping / we used to stop / we were quitting / we used to quit
ellos/ellas dejaban de they were stopping / they used to stop / you all were stopping / you all used to stop / they were quitting / they used to quit / you all were quitting / you all used to quit

Future

yo dejaré de I will stop / I will quit
tú dejarás de you will stop / you will quit
él/ella dejará de he/she will stop / you will stop (formal) / he/she will quit / you will quit (formal)
nosotros dejaremos de we will stop / we will quit
ellos/ellas dejarán de they will stop / you all will stop / they will quit / you all will quit

In a sentence

Mi papá dejó de tomar café el año pasado.

My dad quit drinking coffee last year.

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