deja de grabar
/dexa de ɡɾabaɾ/from spelling rules
To tell someone to stop recording in Spanish, say deja de grabar.
deja de grabar asks someone to stop filming or capturing audio. Add a please to soften it: Deja de grabar, porfa. is relaxed, and Para de grabar, por favor. also means stop recording, please.
What does it mean word for word?
deja is the command form of the verb for to stop or leave, de links it to the action and grabar means to record.
Which one should you use?
para de grabar uses the verb parar (to stop) and is a common alternative. Por favor, cese la grabación. means please cease the recording and sounds official.
How does it change in a sentence?
Use deja de grabar for one person you call tú, deje de grabar for one person you address formally and dejen de grabar for a group.
Did you know?
- The word grabar comes from the French word graver, which means 'to carve' or 'to engrave'. This reflects how early recording involved physically etching grooves into wax or metal cylinders.
- If you use registrar instead of grabar, you are not just recording audio or video, but creating a formal entry in a ledger or a legal document.
- The verb dejar in deja de grabar is a polysemous word that can simultaneously mean 'to leave', 'to allow' and 'to stop'.
Examples in context
- Tony, para de grabar, por favor. Estoy un poco incómodo siendo filmado.Tony, please stop recording. I feel a bit uncomfortable being filmed.
- Disculpe, le ruego que deje de grabar. Este es un área restringida y no se permiten filmaciones.Excuse me, I beg you to stop recording. This is a restricted area, and filming is not allowed.
- Por favor, deja de grabar.Please, stop recording.
- ¡Deja de grabar ahora mismo!Stop recording right now!
- Ya terminó la sesión, deja de grabar.The session is over, stop recording.
Example conversation
Daniel is filming Elena while she is trying to study.
- ElenaDaniel, deja de grabar, por favor.Daniel, stop recording, please.
- DanielLo siento, Elena, es que eres muy graciosa.I'm sorry, Elena, it's just that you are very funny.
- ElenaNo es gracioso, deja de grabar.It's not funny, stop recording.
- DanielEstá bien, ya paro.Okay, I'll stop now.
Sources
- IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries de, deja, grabar, CC BY-SA 4.0.
