Forum Comments - Duolingo

Topic: Portuguese

"Eu não pararia de estudar."

Translation:I would not stop studying.

July 27, 2013

11 Comments

DominoD87

pararia + de go together every time?

July 27, 2013

Paulenrique

Mod

not really... when, in English, we have "stop + gerund" we translate as *parar + de + infinitve (as in the example above). But, for instance, one says "I would not stop to eat", then it is "eu não pararia para comer". Stop that! = Pare com isso!

July 27, 2013

rickharnedPlus

'Stop with this!' seems unusual to me. More common would be the simple, 'Stop that!', that is, "stop doing that!'. Would that still require the 'com'?

February 17, 2016

Paulenrique

Mod

Fixed.

Stop that = pare com isso
Stop doing that = pare de fazer isso

February 18, 2016

rickharnedPlus

Very clear, Thanks!

February 18, 2016

Robleh100Plus

'stop with this' is synonymous to 'stop that' in English. It's just another way of expressing irritation at the actions of another. So, 'pare com isso' can be translated as 'stop that'. That's my opinion of course.

May 24, 2018