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dejar
1. v. to leave (to place)
Dejé la cerveza arriba. - I left the beer upstairs.
2. v. to leave, to keep (to allow to continue)
Me gusta dejar la luz encendida. - I like to keep/leave the light on.
Supongo que podríamos dejar el restaurante abierto un poco más. - I suppose we could keep the restaurant open a little bit longer.
3. v. to leave (to cause, result in)
Su respuesta nos dejó convencidos. - His answer left us convinced.
4. v. to let, allow
Deja que se explique. - Let her explain herself.
Después de asear el área afectada, déjela secar. - After you clean the affected area, allow it to dry.
5. v. to let go, put down (to release from one's grasp)
6. v. to drop off
Ayer dejé un paquete muy importante. - Yesterday I dropped off a very important package.
7. v. to leave, to abandon, to dump
Su madre la dejó cuando tenía tres años. - Her mother left her when she was three.
La invitó a una cita muy agradable, y de repente de la nada, él la dejó. - He took her on a really nice date, and then suddenly out of nowhere, he dumped her.
8. v. to give up, to lay off, to kick (colloquial)
Van a dejar la bebida. - They're going to lay off drinking.
Estoy pensando en dejar el chocolate para la Cuaresma. - I am thinking of giving up chocolate for Lent.
Espero dejar ese hábito terrible para siempre. - I hope to kick that terrible habit for good.
9. v. to set, to put, to make (in certain phrases)
Quería dejar las cosas claras. - I wanted to set the record straight.
Usted tiene que dejar atrás el pasado. - You've got to put the past behind you.
El político emergente estaba decidido a dejar su huella. - The emerging politician was determined to make his mark.
10. v. (Spain, transitive, colloquial) to cut out (stop)
11. v. to leave off
12. v. (indtr, intr=1) to cease, stop (doing something)
Hace dos años dejaron de fumar. - Two years ago they stopped smoking.
Mi pareja no deja de sorprenderme. - My partner never ceases to amaze me.
13. v. (indtr, a, .reflexive) to be left, to be left to
14. v. to let (oneself), to let oneself go (gloss, cease to care about one's appearance)
de
1. prep. of; 's; (used after the thing owned and before the owner)
Constitución española de 1812 - Spanish constitution of 1812
la cola del perro - the dog’s tail
2. prep. from (with the source or provenance of or at)
Soy de España. - I’m from Spain.
agua de manantial - springwater
3. prep. of (expressing composition, substance)
una mesa de madera - a wooden table
4. prep. about (concerning; with regard to)
Están hablando del pasado. - They're talking about the past.
tratarse de - to be about; to concern
5. prep. of, from (indicating cause)
Murió de hambre. - He died of hunger.
6. prep. of (indicates a quality or characteristic)
un hombre de fe - a man of faith
7. prep. from (with the origin, starting point or initial reference of or at)
el vuelo de Miami a Chicago - the flight from Miami to Chicago
8. prep. of (indicates the subject or cause of the adjective)
harto de - sick of; tired of
9. prep. from (with the separation, exclusion or differentiation of)
Nos protege del frío. - It protects us from the cold.
10. prep. than (in certain phrases)
más de - more than
menos de - less than, fewer than
11. prep. (used to construct compound nouns (with attributive nouns))
campamento de verano - summer camp
12. prep. (followed by the infinitive) (indicates a conditional desire)
De haberlo sabido, no lo habría dicho. - If I had known, I wouldn't have said it.
13. prep. indicates a time of day or period of someone's life
de día - during the daytime
de niño - as a child; during childhood
14. prep. (after a noun and before a verb) (indicates the purpose of an object)
goma de mascar - chewing gum
caña de pescar - fishing rod
insistir
1. v. to insist
interrumpir
1. v. to interrupt, to barge in, to disrupt, to disturb, to intrude, to cut in, to break in, to butt in
2. v. to discontinue, suspend
3. v. to cut short
4. v. to break, to break off, to halt, to cease
5. v. to stop (e.g., medication, treatment)
6. v. to cut off, to block
7. v. to heckle
un
1. art. a
2. num. (before the noun) apocopic form of uno one
esfuerzo
1. n-m. effort, endeavor
2. v. first-person singular present indicative of esforzar
esforzar
1. v. to encourage
2. v. to strain, struggle
3. v. to strive
4. v. to attempt
una
1. n-f. feminine of uno
a la una, a las dos y a las tres - after three...one, two, three
2. art. feminine singular of un
3. det. feminine singular of uno
4. pron. one (an indefinite plural pronoun using a singular feminine item, used for females)
5. v. third-person singular present subjunctive of unir
unir
1. v. to unite, join
¡Únete al sindicato! (Join up with the union!)
2. v. to merge, conflate
un
1. art. a
2. num. (before the noun) apocopic form of uno one
acción
1. n-f. action, act, deed (something done)
2. n-f. action (way of motion or functioning)
3. n-f. action (fast-paced activity)
4. n-f. (military) combat, action
5. n-f. (legal) general legal action; lawsuit
6. n-f. share (financial instrument)
7. interj. action (demanding the start of something)
etc

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