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dejar — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • allow verb To give permission for something to happen.
  • bequeath verb To leave property or money to someone through a will.
  • cease verb To stop happening or existing; to come to an end.
  • ditch noun A long narrow trench dug in the ground, often for drainage.
  • dump noun A site where waste or garbage is disposed of.
  • forget verb To fail to remember something.
  • jilt noun A woman who readily casts aside her lover.
  • 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.
  • quit verb To resign from a job or position.
  • relinquish verb To give up or hand over a right, position, or possession, often reluctantly.
  • render verb To cause something to become a certain way.
  • set verb To put something in a particular place or position.

Senses

dejar is used for these senses in English:

  • bequeath (legal) To give or leave by will; to give by testament.
  • cease (formal, intransitive) To stop.
  • cease (formal, transitive) To stop doing (something).
  • cut out (transitive, informal) To refrain from (doing something, using something etc.), to stop or cease (doing something).
  • 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.
  • forget (transitive) To unintentionally leave something behind.
  • jilt (transitive) To cast off capriciously or unfeelingly, as a lover; to deceive in love.

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.

bequeath — full definition

  1. verb To leave property or money to someone through a will.
  2. verb To pass something down, such as a tradition, idea, or quality.

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