Dejas (en. Leave)
/'de.xas/
Meaning & Definition
EnglishSpanish
verb
Allowing something or someone to have gone or to be in place of.
You always leave the door open.
Siempre dejas la puerta abierta.
To abandon something or someone.
Don't leave your things lying around.
No dejes tus cosas tiradas por ahí.
To cause someone to feel a certain way.
Your words leave me sad.
Tus palabras me dejan triste.
Etymology
From Latin 'deiacere', which means to throw or let fall.
Common Phrases and Expressions
let go by
Allow something to happen without intervening.
dejar pasar
leave everything
Abandon everything one has.
dejarlo todo
leave a mark
To mark or impact someone noticeably.
dejar huella
Related Words
to leave
Verb that implies allowing or abandoning.
dejar
left
Participle of leave, referring to something that has been abandoned.
dejado
to let oneself
Reflexive verb that implies allowing something to happen to oneself.
dejarse
Slang Meanings
Leave behind
He left me behind at the party.
Me dejó tirado en la fiesta.
Left on read
He left me on read in his message.
Me dejó en visto en su mensaje.