deixar

Portuguese

/de(j).ˈʃa(ʁ)/

verb
Definitions
  • (transitive) to leave; to exit to go out of or away from a place
  • (transitive) to leave to refrain from taking
  • (transitive) to leave to cause to exist after its occurrence
  • (transitive) to leave to cause to be in a state
  • (transitive) to leave to end one’s connection, affiliation or relationship with
  • to quit to stop doing something habitually
  • not to do something; to refrain from
  • (ditransitive) to let; to allow to to give permission to
  • (ditransitive) to let to give possibility to
  • to postpone until; to put off to reschedule or avoid doing something until a later time
  • (transitive) to leave; to bequeath to give something to someone after dying or leaving
  • (transitive) to leave off; to omit not to include
  • (transitive) to leave alone not to bother

Etymology

Inherited from Old Portuguese leixar (leave) inherited from Latin laxāre.

Origin

Latin

laxāre

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