abandonar — meaning in English
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English meaning
- abandon verb To leave someone or something behind for good, especially when you have a duty to stay.
- depart verb To leave a place, especially to begin a journey.
- desert noun A large, dry area of land with little rainfall, vegetation, or water, often sandy or rocky.
- ditch noun A long narrow trench dug in the ground, often for drainage.
- fold verb To bend something, especially paper or fabric, over on itself.
- 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.
- leave verb To go away from a place or person.
- quit verb To resign from a job or position.
- relinquish verb To give up or hand over a right, position, or possession, often reluctantly.
- strand noun One of the individual threads or wires twisted together to make a rope, cable, or cord.
- surrender verb To stop fighting or resisting and give oneself up to an opponent.
- waive verb To voluntarily give up a right, claim, or requirement.
Senses
abandonar is used for these senses in English:
- 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)]
- bail out (intransitive, idiomatic, slang) To leave (or not attend at all) a place or a situation, especially quickly or when the situation has become undesirable; to abandon (something).
- depart (transitive) To go away from; to leave.
- 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.
- ditch (transitive) To discard or abandon.
- drop out (intransitive, Of the ground, floor, snow, etc., or figuratively, a worldview or foundation) To cause someone to slip and/or fall down.
- fold (intransitive, poker) To withdraw from betting.
- forfeit To be guilty of a misdeed; to be criminal; to transgress.
abandon — full definition
- verb To leave someone or something behind for good, especially when you have a duty to stay.
- verb To give up an activity, plan, or belief completely.
- noun Total freedom from restraint or inhibition, especially in the phrase "with abandon".
depart — full definition
- verb To leave a place, especially to begin a journey.
- verb To differ from or move away from a plan, rule, or usual way of doing something.