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leave1

left, left /liːv/ [leaving]

Translation

v [t, i]
salir [de un lugar]
I leave home at seven every morning
Salgo de casa a las siete todos los días
v [t]
dejar [en un lugar]
Don't leave your shoes in the middle of the room
No dejes los zapatos en medio de la habitación
dejar olvidado,da
dejar
I've left my keys at home again
He vuelto a dejarme las llaves en casa
dejar [como herencia]
When my grandmother died, she left me her diamond ring
Cuando murió mi abuela, me dejó su anillo de diamantes
to leave sth/sb alone
dejar en paz
dejar tranquilo,la
Leave me alone!
¡Déjame en paz!
to be left over to leave sth/sb behind [M] to leave off to leave sth/sb out [m]Véase tb: to {keep/leave} one's options open; to {leave/make} one's mark; to leave sb in the lurch; to leave sb out in the cold; to leave sb to one's own devices; to leave sth in mid-air
(Definition of leave vv from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish © Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)

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