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
- verb To give permission for something to happen.
- verb To make something possible.
- verb To set aside time, money, or another resource for something.
- verb To admit or acknowledge something as true, often reluctantly.
bequeath — full definition
- verb To leave property or money to someone through a will.
- verb To pass something down, such as a tradition, idea, or quality.