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Sentence

No seas tan maje; deja ya de hacer eso.

Pronunciation

pronunciation

Translation

Don't be so stupid, stop doing that.

Notes

Maje es un término usado en Latinoamérica. En España, un sinónimo sería estúpido o tonto.
Dejar de + Infinitivo es una expresión que significa terminar, finalizar.



Analysis


no
     1. adv. no
     2. adv. not
     3. interj. eh? (used as a tag question, to emphasise what goes before or to request that the listener express an opinion about what has been said)
     4. n-m. no
     5. n-m. abbreviation of número; no.
seas
     1. v. informal second-person singular negative imperative of ser
     ser
          1. v. to be (essentially or identified as)
          2. v. to be (in the passive voice sense)
          3. v. to exist; to occur
          4. n-m. a being, organism
          5. n-m. nature, essence
          6. n-m. value, worth
tan
     1. adv. so, as
     2. det. such, such a
maje
     1. interj. (colloquial El Salvador) dude! (said to a man)
     2. adj. (colloquial El Salvador) idiot, stupid (said about a man)
     3. n-m. (colloquial El Salvador) guy (pejorative, slightly insulting)
     4. v. formal second-person singular affirmative imperative of majar
     majar
          1. v. to crush
          2. v. to pound
          3. v. to grind
deja
     1. n-f. rest (that remaining after cutting textiles)
     2. v. third-person singular present indicative of dejar
     dejar
          1. v. to leave (to place)
          2. v. to leave, to keep (to allow to continue)
          3. v. to leave (to cause, result in)
          4. v. to let, allow
          5. v. to let go, put down (to release from one's grasp)
          6. v. to drop off
          7. v. to leave, to abandon, to dump
          8. v. to give up, to lay off, to kick (colloquial)
          9. v. to set, to put, to make (in certain phrases)
          10. v. (Spain, transitive, colloquial) to cut out (stop)
          11. v. to leave off
          12. v. (indtr, intr=1) to cease, stop (doing something)
          13. v. (indtr, a, .reflexive) to be left, to be left to
          14. v. to let (oneself), to let oneself go (gloss, cease to care about one's appearance)
ya
     1. adv. now
     2. adv. already, yet
     3. adv. in the near future; soon
     4. adv. immediately
     5. adv. anymore; no longer
     6. adv. (emphatic) (emphatic (similar to the use of English "so" or "oh" as an interjection))
     7. adv. (in negatives) only
     8. adv. (before pero) yes
     9. adv. (before que) since, now
     10. adv. OK
     11. conj. first (something) then (something else); first (something), now (something else)
     12. conj. whether (something) or (something else)
     13. interj. come on!, let's go!
     14. interj. (colloquial) (used to acknowledge or dismiss the previous statement)
de
     1. prep. of; 's; (used after the thing owned and before the owner)
     2. prep. from (with the source or provenance of or at)
     3. prep. of (expressing composition, substance)
     4. prep. about (concerning; with regard to)
     5. prep. of, from (indicating cause)
     6. prep. of (indicates a quality or characteristic)
     7. prep. from (with the origin, starting point or initial reference of or at)
     8. prep. of (indicates the subject or cause of the adjective)
     9. prep. from (with the separation, exclusion or differentiation of)
     10. prep. than (in certain phrases)
     11. prep. (used to construct compound nouns (with attributive nouns))
     12. prep. (followed by the infinitive) (indicates a conditional desire)
     13. prep. indicates a time of day or period of someone's life
     14. prep. (after a noun and before a verb) (indicates the purpose of an object)
hacer
     1. v. to do
     2. v. to make (something)
     3. v. to make (e.g. someone do something or feel a certain way.)
     4. v. to be
     5. v. to go (to release or excrete (urine, excrement))
     6. v. (ambitransitive, optionally with de) to play (a part in a play)
     7. v. to become; to get
     8. v. to pretend being, play
     9. v. to play the fool
     10. v. to prep, adorn, do (a body part)
     11. v. to get used to (chiefly in idioms)
     12. v. to arrive (said of a certain time), be now
     13. n-m. task, action
eso
     1. pron. (neuter singular of ése); that




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