deixar quieto
Portuguese
Verb
- to forget (to stop worrying or arguing about something)
- Ela queria discutir, mas preferi deixar quieto.
- She wanted to argue, but chose to forget about it.
- not to interfere; to leave alone
- Os países vizinhos deixaram quieto nossa guerra civil.
- The neighbouring countries didn’t interfere in our civil war.
- Encontramos um leão dormindo, mas deixamo-lo quieto.
- We found a sleeping lion, but we left it alone.
Conjugation
See deixar.