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abandon

/əˈbæn.dən/

Translation

v [t]
abandonar
The captain didn't want to abandon the ship
El capitán no quiso abandonar el barco
renunciar
She abandoned her plan
Renunció a su plan
(Definition of abandon v from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish © Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)

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