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abandon

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/əˈbændən/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/əˈbændən/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(ə ban′dən)

WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2024:

Principal Translations
InglésEspañol
abandon [sb]⇒ vtr (person, pet: leave forever)abandonar a vtr + prep
  dejar a vtr + prep
  desamparar a vtr + prep
 Jack abandoned his girlfriend and never spoke to her again.
 Jack abandonó a su novia y nunca le volvió a hablar.
abandon [sth]⇒ vtr (place: leave, neglect)abandonar⇒ vtr
  dejar⇒ vtr
 The family abandoned their house and fled the country.
 La familia abandonó su casa y huyó del país.
abandon [sth] vtr (object: leave)dejar⇒ vtr
  abandonar⇒ vtr
 Susan abandoned her book on the train.
 Susana dejó su libro en el tren.
abandon [sth] vtr (stop doing, working on [sth])abandonar⇒ vtr
  dejar⇒ vtr
 I won't abandon this project; I plan to see it through to the end.
 No voy a abandonar este proyecto; mi plan es terminarlo.
abandon n (lack of moderation)desenfreno nm
  abandono nm
  (formal)destemplanza nf
 The hungry diners tucked into the meal with abandon.
 Los comensales hambrientos se lanzaron a comer con desenfreno.
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Additional Translations
InglésEspañol
abandon [sth] to [sb/sth] vtr + prep (give up control of)dejar algo a loc verb
  renunciar a algo a favor de loc verb
 The army abandoned the territory to the indigenous peoples.
 El ejército dejó el territorio a los pueblos indígenas.
 El ejército renunció al territorio a favor de los pueblos indígenas.
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2024:

Compound Forms:
InglésEspañol
abandon hope vtr + n (give up all hope forever)perder la esperanza loc verb
 The relatives of the missing say they are not ready to abandon hope.
 Los parientes de los desaparecidos dicen que no están listos para perder la esperanza.
abandon hope of doing [sth] v expr (give up all hope of doing)perder la esperanza de loc verb
 Jim abandoned hope of seeing Sarah again.
abandon yourself to [sth] v expr (surrender to [sth]: desires, etc.)abandonarse a, rendirse a v prnl + prep
 Después de que le tocase la lotería se abandonó a los placeres de la carne y al alcohol.
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'abandon' aparece también en las siguientes entradas:
In the English description:
apostatize - bail out - bail out on - blow the dust off - break with the past - bug out - cast aside - decamp - desert - die - dispossess - ditch - drop - fall away from - forsake - get cold feet - give up on - go crazy - have cold feet - hold to - jack in - jilt - leave - leave high and dry - leave in the lurch - relinquish - scrap - shelve - skip out on - throw over - toss aside - turn your back on - walk away - walk out
Spanish:
abandonar - dejar abandonado - desertar - desproteger - plantar - truncar - abandonar a alguien a su suerte - abandonar una idea - aborrecer - dejar - dejar tirado - desamparar - desasistir - desenfreno - frenesí - renunciar - tomarse el buque

Collocations: [drink, sing, dance, play] with wild abandon, [drink] with careless abandon, [drink] with reckless abandon, more...

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