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abandonar (conjugate abandonar) verbo transitivo 1a) (frml) ‹lugar› to leaveb) ‹familia/bebé› to leave, abandon;‹marido/amante› to leave; ‹coche/barco› to abandon;◊ los abandonó a su suerte he abandoned them to their fate2 [fuerzas] to desert 3a) ‹actividad/propósito/esperanza› to give up;◊ abandonar los estudios to drop out of school/collegeb) (Dep) ‹carrera/partido› to retire from, pull out ofverbo intransitivo (Dep)a) (en carrera, competición) to pull outb) (en ajedrez) to resign;(en boxeo, lucha) to concede defeat abandonarse verbo pronominal 1 (entregarse) abandonarse a algo ‹a vicios/placeres› to abandon oneself to sth 2 (en el aspecto personal) to let oneself go
abandonar
I verbo transitivo
1 (irse de) to leave, quit: tenemos que vernos hoy, porque mañana abandono Madrid, we've got to see eachother today because I'm leaving Madrid tomorrow
2 (a una persona, a un animal) to abandon
abandonar a alguien a su suerte, to leave someone to his fate
3 (un proyecto, los estudios) to give up
4 Dep (retirarse de una carrera) to drop out of (un deporte) to drop
II vi (desfallecer) to give up: los resultados no son los esperados, pero no abandones, the results aren't as good as we expected, but don't give up 'abandonar' also found in these entries: Spanish: dejar - botar - plantar English: abandon - back away - cast aside - caution - desert - drop - forsake - free - give up on - habit - idea - jettison - leave - quit - retire - scrap - stand by - throw in - walk out - ditch - give - maroon - stick - vacate - walk
English-spanish dictionary. 2013.