grammar.prepositions.verbs-with-de
Verbs that take de: dejar de, tratar de, acordarse de
Dejar de (stop), tratar de (try), acabar de (just), acordarse de (remember), olvidarse de, alegrarse de, depender de, enamorarse de, darse cuenta de.
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Explanation
Before infinitives: dejé de fumar, trata de llegar temprano, acabo de verlo. Before nouns/clauses: me acuerdo de ti, depende del precio, me di cuenta de que era tarde.
Keep the de before que in these (darse cuenta de que, acordarse de que); dropping it (queísmo) is common speech but non-standard. The reverse error, adding de where none belongs (pienso de que), is dequeísmo — also to avoid.
Examples
Dejé de tomar café por la tarde.
I stopped drinking coffee in the afternoon.
I stopped drinking coffee in the afternoon.
Region: global
¿Te acordás de aquel viaje?
Do you remember that trip?
Do you remember that trip?
Region: global