Déjemelo (en. Leave it to me)

/ˈde.xe.me.lo/

Meaning & Definition

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verb

To ask for permission to allow or deliver something.

Let me have it, I will take care of it.

Déjemelo a mí, yo me encargaré.

To request that something be released or set free.

If you don't need it, let me have it already.

Si no lo necesitas, déjemelo ya.

To plead that something be given in a context of respect or urgency.

Please let me have it, it is very important.

Déjemelo, por favor, es muy importante.

Form of the verb dejar in imperative, conjugated with the enclitic pronoun 'me' and the pronoun 'lo'.

let me have it

Allow me to take care of it.

déjemelo a mí

let me have it for a moment

Let me have it for a short time.

déjemelo un momento

don't leave me without it

Please do not hand it to me.

no me deje sin ello

let

To allow something to stay or to be delivered.

dejar

give

To hand something over to someone.

dar

take

To receive something that is offered.

tomar

Colloquial expression that implies urgency in receiving something.

At the party, they told me: 'Let me have it now, I don’t have time.'

En la fiesta, me dijeron: 'Déjemelo ya, no tengo tiempo.'

Used to show frustration when asking for something to be given.

It's taking too long, let me have it now!

Está tardando, ¡déjemelo ya!