deixar.
to leave; to exit (to go out of or away from a place)
Meaning & usage
to leave; to exit (to go out of or away from a place)
Os ladrões deixaram o prédio assim que ouviram a sirene.
to leave (to refrain from taking)
Deixei umas bolachas para a minha irmã.
to leave, to leave behind (to cause to exist after its occurrence)
A guerra deixara um rastro de destruição.
to leave (to cause to be in a state)
Deixa a porta aberta quando saíres!
to leave (to end one’s connection, affiliation or relationship with)
Após vinte anos de casamento, a minha esposa deixou-me.
Deixei o meu emprego.
to quit (to stop doing something habitually)
Deixem de fumar.
not to (do something); to refrain from
Não deixe de comprar comida para a viagem.
to let; to allow to (to give permission to)
Minha mãe não me deixa ficar acordado até tarde.
Deixe-me ver isso...
to let; to allow to (to give possibility to)
A neblina não nos deixava ver muito longe.
to postpone; to put off (to reschedule or avoid doing something until a later time)
Tiveram de deixar a partida para amanhã.
to leave; to bequeath (to give something to someone after dying or leaving)
Um parente que eu nem conhecia me deixou uns quadros valiosos.
to leave off; to omit (not to include)
Comprei um presente para quase toda a gente; só deixei a ti.
to leave alone (to not bother)
Deixe-me, idiota.
Me deixa, cara! Que saco.
to make someone feel a certain way
Isso está me deixando louco.
to stop (used with the preposition de)
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese leixar, from Latin laxāre (“to extend; to lighten; to relax; to release”), from laxus (“loose”). Doublet of the borrowed laxar. Compare Galician deixar, Asturian dexar, and Spanish dejar, all also undergoing the shift of initial -l- to -d-. It may have been influenced by the preposition de or come from contraction of a Late Latin *dēlaxāre.
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