42 Verbs E-S (10) Phrases

Question 1

to leave

Answer 1

dejar

Question 2

transitive verb
1. (to put)
a. to leave
I left the key inside the car.

Answer 2

Dejé la llave dentro del coche

Question 3

Leave the books on the table when you are finished reading them.

Answer 3

Deja los libros en la mesa cuando acabes de leerlos.

Question 4

2. (to allow)
   a. to let
   Let me finish this homework and we will go.

Answer 4

Déjame terminar esta tarea y nos vamos.

Question 5

Would you let me finish talking?

Answer 5

¿Vas a dejar que acabe de hablar?

Question 6

3. (to abandon)
   a. to leave
   He left everything to follow his dream.

Answer 6

Lo dejó todo para perseguir su sueño.

Question 7

4. (to loan)
   a. to lend
   Would you lend me your car?

Answer 7

¿Me dejarías tu coche?

Question 8

1. (poner)
   a. to leave, to put
   he put or left the papers on the table

Answer 8

dejó los papeles en la mesa

Question 9

put your coat on the hanger

Answer 9

deja el abrigo en la percha

Question 10

I’ve left /or/ parked my motorbike nearby

Answer 10

he dejado la moto muy cerca

Question 11

3. (prestar) (Spain)
   a. no direct translation
   could you lend me an umbrella?

Answer 11

¿me dejas un paraguas?

Question 12

to abandon

to drop somebody off somewhere

Answer 12

dejar a alguien en algún sitio

Question 13

to give something up as a lost cause

Answer 13

dejar algo por imposible

Question 14

to leave somebody behind

Answer 14

dejar a alguien atrás

Question 15

her husband has left her

his wife has left him

Answer 15

su marido la ha dejado

su esposa lo ha dejado

Question 16

I have to leave you (now), I must go

Answer 16

te dejo, tengo que irme

Question 17

7. (permitir)
   a. no direct translation
   to let somebody do something, to allow somebody to do something

Answer 17

dejar a alguien hacer algo

Question 18

his cries prevented me from sleeping

Answer 18

sus gritos no me dejaron dormir

Question 19

Luckily we had a map without which we would have been lost

Answer 19

Por suerte teníamos un mapa sin el cual nos hubiésemos perdido (Pluperfect Subjunctive)

Question 20

let me think

Answer 20

déjame pensar

Question 21

let me do it, leave it to me

Answer 21

déjame a mí

Question 22

let your son come with us

Answer 22

deja que tu hijo venga con nosotros

Question 23

leave it as it is, let it be

Answer 23

déjalo estar

Question 24

he let three weeks go by

Answer 24

dejó pasar tres semanas

Question 25

(reservar)
a. no direct translation
leave some coffee for me

Answer 25

deja algo de café para mí