deixar quieto

Portuguese

Verb

deixar quieto

  1. 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.
  2. 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.

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