Phrase · 🧩 Idioms for attitudes and reactions
Deja de irte por las ramas y dime qué pasó.
Stop beating around the bush and tell me what happened.
C1asking someone to get to the pointinformallearned as a wholeAudio · coming soon
Why every word is where it is
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- Deja → irte: dejar de + infinitive
- dime → qué: indirect question
Word for word: “Stop going off along the branches and tell me what happened.”
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1irse por las ramas = to beat around the bush, wander off the point.
- 2dejar de + infinitive = to stop doing.
- 3Affirmative imperative + pronoun in one word: dime = tell me.