Portuguese

Verb

deixar quieto

1. to forget (to stop worrying or arguing about something)

   Ela queria discutir, mas preferi deixar quieto.‎

   She wanted to argue, but chose to forget about it.

2. not to interfere; to leave alone

   Os países vizinhos deixaram quieto nossa guerra civil.‎

   The neighbouring countries didn’t interfere in our civil war.

   Encontramos um leão dormindo, mas deixamo-lo quieto.‎

   We found a sleeping lion, but we left it alone.

Conjugation

See deixar.