“Dejar de” means to stop doing something, to end an action, to give up something, to swear off.
A phrasal verb is a verb followed by a preposition or adverb.
Verb + preposition / adverb
“Dejar de” should be followed by a verb in the infinitive form (not conjugated).
Examples:
Ella nunca deja de leer.
She never stops reading.
Dejé de comer gluten hace tres años.
I stopped eating gluten three years ago.
Estamos enfermos y queremos dejar de sentirnos mal.
We are sick and we want to stop feeling bad.
Ella dejará de trabajar a fin de año.
She will stop working at the end of the year.
Ustedes dejaron de leer cuando eran adolescentes.
You gave up reading as teenagers.
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