Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
Train your dog where NOT to go/to potty
English answer:
...where not to go potty
English term
Translator
Native in: Spanish 
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, Portuguese to Spanish, and 2 more.
Train your dog where NOT to go/to potty
I am not sure if I can say "where NOT to go potty" or just "where NOT to potty"
Thank you!
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Yvonne Gallagher
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Ireland
right word, right place. everytime
Native in: English (Variants: UK, US, Canadian, Irish) 
Works in: French to English, Spanish to English, English, and 1 more.
...where not to go potty
but why not just say train your dog where to go...
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Also, we usually say "do its business" rather than "go potty" as "potty" is a word used about training toddlers to use the "potty"
( go potty" also means go mad)
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Note added at 12 hrs (2022-10-07 12:22:35 GMT)
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I wouldn't yusually use "potty" as a verb on its own, although I suppose it is possible.
"Go potty" I think is a shorter form of "go USE the potty" as "potty" is usually used as a noun (child's toilet) or adjective (crazy/foolish/keen)
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/go_potty
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/potty
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Note added at 6 days (2022-10-13 07:02:37 GMT) Post-grading
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glad to have helped
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philgoddard
: Though I don't agree with your second paragraph.
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Why not?
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Tony M
: I do agree with your second paragraph; 'potty' is much more associated with children than dogs (as dogs don't use an actual potty!) — so it is just a euphemism for 'big jobs', 'number 2s', etc.
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Thanks Tony. I added a note. I think we don't usually use "potty" as a verb on its own. Do we?
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Sarah Maidstone
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Thanks!
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Christine Andersen
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Thank you
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Christopher Schröder
: Go potty means go crazy/run around in BrE… // I have never, ever heard a dog referred to as "going potty" unless it is running around like a loon. Haven't heard it used for a child either tbh.
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It ALSO means "go crazy" as I said already.
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Tina Vonhof (X)
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Thank you!
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