abandonar — meaning in English

English meaning

• abandon verb To leave someone or something behind for good, especially when you have a duty to stay.
• desert noun A large, dry area of land with little rainfall, vegetation, or water, often sandy or rocky.
• elope verb To run away secretly with a partner in order to get married, usually without a big wedding or family involvement.
• forfeit verb To lose or give up something as a penalty for breaking a rule or agreement.
• forsake verb To abandon or give up someone or something, often permanently.
• give up phrasal verb To stop trying to do something because it has become too hard or seems hopeless.
• quit verb To resign from a job or position.
• relinquish verb To give up or hand over a right, position, or possession, often reluctantly.
• secede verb To formally withdraw from a country, federation, alliance or other organisation, ending membership of it.
• strand noun One of the individual threads or wires twisted together to make a rope, cable, or cord.

Senses

abandonar is used for these senses in English:

• abandon (transitive) To give up or relinquish control of, to surrender or to give oneself over, or to yield to one's emotions. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470)]
• abandon (transitive) To desist in doing, practicing, following, holding, or adhering to; to turn away from; to permit to lapse; to renounce; to discontinue. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470)]
• desert To leave (anything that depends on one's presence to survive, exist, or succeed), especially when contrary to a promise or obligation; to abandon; to forsake.
• elope (intransitive, dated) To run away from home (for any reason).
• forfeit To be guilty of a misdeed; to be criminal; to transgress.
• forsake (transitive) To abandon, to give up, to leave (permanently), to renounce (someone or something).
• give up (transitive) To abandon (someone or something)
• quit (transitive) To set at rest; to free, as from anything harmful or oppressive; to relieve; to clear; to liberate.

abandon — full definition

1. verb To leave someone or something behind for good, especially when you have a duty to stay.
2. verb To give up an activity, plan, or belief completely.
3. noun Total freedom from restraint or inhibition, especially in the phrase "with abandon".

desert — full definition

1. noun A large, dry area of land with little rainfall, vegetation, or water, often sandy or rocky.
2. verb To abandon a place, person, or duty, especially when you had promised or were obligated to stay.
3. noun What someone deserves, whether reward or punishment (usually in the phrase "just deserts").

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