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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Explication
Another group fixes de to its complement. Before an infinitive: dejar de ('to stop doing', dejé de fumar), tratar de ('to try to'), acabar de ('to have just', acabo de verlo), olvidarse de, alegrarse de. Before a noun or pronoun: acordarse de ('remember', me acuerdo de ti), depender de, enamorarse de, quejarse de.
A high-value one is darse cuenta de ('to realize'): me di cuenta de mi error, me di cuenta de que era tarde. Note it needs de — and 'to realize' is never *realizar, a false friend that actually means 'to carry out'.
Keep the de before que in these structures (acordarse de que, darse cuenta de que, alegrarse de que); dropping it — queísmo (*me di cuenta que) — is common in speech but non-standard. The opposite error, inserting de where it doesn't belong — dequeísmo (*pienso de que) — is also to be avoided.
Exemples
I stopped drinking coffee in the afternoon.
Région: global
Do you remember that trip?
Région: global
I've just realized that I stopped drinking water.