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deixar — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • allow verb To give permission for something to happen.
  • authorize verb To give someone official permission or power to do something.
  • consent verb To agree to something or give permission for it.
  • devise verb To work out or invent a plan, method, or system through careful thought.
  • drive verb To operate and steer a motor vehicle.
  • exit noun A way out of a place, such as a door or a passage.
  • get verb To come to have or receive something; to obtain.
  • lay verb To put something down, especially in a flat or resting position.
  • leave verb To go away from a place or person.
  • let verb To allow someone or something to do a particular thing, or to happen without stopping it.
  • make verb To create, produce, or build something.
  • permit verb To allow something to happen or to give someone authorization to do it.
  • put verb To move something into a particular place or position.
  • relinquish verb To give up or hand over a right, position, or possession, often reluctantly.
  • stop verb To cease moving or to bring something to a halt.
  • suffer verb To experience pain, hardship, or distress.

Senses

deixar is used for these senses in English:

  • allow (transitive) To acknowledge, accept the truth of; to concede; to accede to an opinion.
  • allow (transitive, obsolete) To praise; to approve of; hence, to sanction.
  • authorize (transitive) To grant (someone) the permission or power necessary to do (something); to permit; to sanction or consent to.
  • come out To originate in; to derive from; to be taken from out of or to have arrived from.
  • consent (intransitive) To express willingness, to give permission.
  • devise (transitive) To leave (property) in a will.
  • drive (transitive) To carry or to keep in motion; to conduct; to prosecute.
  • exit (intransitive) To go out or go away from a place or situation; to depart, to leave.

allow — full definition

  1. verb To give permission for something to happen.
  2. verb To make something possible.
  3. verb To set aside time, money, or another resource for something.
  4. verb To admit or acknowledge something as true, often reluctantly.

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