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"stop telling me what to do"?

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I asked the machine translators for this phrase in Spanish:

Stop telling me what to do

...and I got two answers:

Deja de decirme lo que hacer

and

Pare decirme lo que hacer.

What is the correct translation? I'm looking for the tú form. Thank you.

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updated Nov 8, 2009
posted by owllady

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"Deja de decirme lo que hacer"

What does "lo" mean in this instance?

lo que relative pronoun

When the relative pronoun refers to an abstract idea, use "lo que."

Lo que quieres no existe. That which you want does not exist.

No comprendo lo que ocurre. I do not understand that which is happening.

updated Nov 5, 2009
edited by 0074b507
posted by 0074b507
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Those are kind of awkward translations. You could say "No me digas qué hacer" - Don't tell me what to do "No me mandes" / "No me des tantas órdenes" - Don't boss me around / Don't order me around so much. "Deja de decirme lo que hacer" - (One that you had that works well) Stop telling me what to do.

updated Nov 5, 2009
posted by asdfghjkl4
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Thank you, everyone.

"Deja de decirme lo que hacer"

Should it be "qué" or "que"?

What does "lo" mean in this instance?

updated Nov 8, 2009
posted by owllady
"Deja de decirme lo que tengo que hacer."... ó "Deja de decirme qué hacer."... - Haweir, Nov 8, 2009
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Hi Marcia, no it does not need an accent.

lo que "what" to do

updated Nov 5, 2009
posted by 00494d19
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literalmente seria... "Deja de decirme qué hacer"

updated Nov 4, 2009
posted by Haweir
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Hola Marcia, nice postwink

Pues puedes usar las dos palabras:

Para de decirme lo que tengo que hacer.

deja de decirme....

updated Nov 4, 2009
posted by 00494d19