"can't help but......"

Question

comó se dice "I can't help but......" en español ? los diccionarios en la Net me dan"no puedo dejar de......" es correcto? quiero hacer un frase como"I can't help but quit." gracias!

Answer 1

The problem is that "Can't help but" means different things in different contexts--can't stop myself from, can't avoid, can't stop, can't do less than, have to, need to, etc.--and these don't all translate to the same phrase in Spanish.

I think I'm beginning to understand why Lazarus emphasizes learning complete sentences rather than words and phrases.

Answer 2

I think you might get some good ideas from here.

Answer 3

Ok so that says "No tengo más remedio que......." means I can't help but, ..... but I wonder if you could say "No tengo otro remedio que" for it, and also, it does seem like "no puede dejar de......." means I can't help but........ (I can't stop from) so I wonder if that's correct Spanish there.