Dejarme (en. Leave me)

/de.xaɾ.me/

Meaning & Definition

EnglishSpanish

verb

To abandon a situation or state in which one finds oneself.

I don't want you to leave me in this uncertain place.

No quiero que me dejes en este lugar incierto.

To allow something to happen, often in a figurative sense.

Let me be the one who decides what I want to do.

Déjame ser yo quien decida lo que quiero hacer.

To hand over an object or responsibility to another person.

Let me borrow your book for a moment.

Déjame tu libro un momento.

Dejarme comes from the verb dejar, which has roots in the Latin 'licare', meaning to allow or to release.

leave me alone

It asks someone not to interfere or disturb.

déjame en paz

let me think

It indicates that time is needed to consider something.

déjame pensar

let me see

It asks for permission to observe or review something.

déjame ver

to leave

To allow something or someone to go out or be in a given state.

dejar

to drop

To release something, to make it fall to the ground.

dejar caer

To go with the flow

At the party, everyone went with the flow of the music.

En la fiesta, todos se dejaron llevar por la música.

Let me tell you

Let me tell you that this place is amazing.

Déjame que te diga que este lugar está increíble.