手早い答え
acabar de+不定詞は「たった今した」、deixar de は「やめる・しない」です。
確実な見分け方は、英語から訳す前に、その単語の働きを見きわめることです。
それぞれの単語の働き
acabar de
to have just done
Use acabar de for an action completed very recently.
deixar de
to stop or fail to do
Use deixar de for ending a habit or not carrying out an expected action.
選び方
- acabar de: Choose acabar de if the sentence points to an action completed very recently.
- deixar de: Choose deixar de if the sentence points to ending a habit or not carrying out an expected action.
例文
Acabei de chegar.
I have just arrived.
Ela deixou de fumar no ano passado.
She stopped smoking last year.
よくある落とし穴
The small preposition changes the timeline completely: acabei de trabalhar means I just worked; deixei de trabalhar means I stopped working.
文脈の中で練習する
自分の実生活から文を一つ選び、二回書いてみましょう。一度はacabar deで、もう一度はdeixar deで。どちらも成り立ちそうなら、意味の違いを言葉にしてみましょう。