deixar

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Catalan leixar, from Latin laxāre, present active infinitive of laxō (compare Occitan daissar and laissar, Portuguese deixar, Aragonese deixar, Spanish dejar, French laisser and Italian lasciare). The alteration of the initial l- to d- (found in Ibero- and Occitano-Romance) may be due to the preposition de preceding it in many constructions using this verb, or from contraction of a Late Latin *dēlaxāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [dəˈʃa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [dejˈʃaɾ]

• Audio:

  (file)

Verb

deixar (first-person singular present deixo, first-person singular preterite deixí, past participle deixat)

1. (transitive) to leave (to refrain from taking (something) away)
2. (reflexive) to let oneself go (to cease to care about one's appearance)
3. (transitive) to leave (to put; to place)

   Synonyms: posar, col·locar

   va deixar les cartes a la taula ― she left the letters on the table

4. to leave (to cause, to result in)

   la seva confessió ens va deixar sense paraules ― his confession left us speechless

5. (transitive) to let, to allow, to permit

   Synonym: permetre

   deixar caure ― to drop (literally, “to allow to fall”)

6. (transitive) to leave, to depart from
   • 2020 November 8, Núria Ferragutcasas, “El trumpisme arrela malgrat la derrota de Trump”, in Ara‎^[1]:

     El seu populisme i la seva demagògia han mobilitzat clarament els votants republicans i, per això, encara que deixi la Casa Blanca, el Partit Republicà continuarà sent el Partit de Trump.

     His populism and his demagogy have clearly mobilized Republican voters and so, even if he leaves the White House, the Republican Party will keep being the Party of Trump.

7. (transitive) to leave behind, to abandon
8. (transitive) to leave to (to transfer possession of after death)
9. (transitive) to lend

   Synonym: prestar

   Deixa'm el mòbil, he de trucar la Gina. ― Let me borrow your phone, I have to call Gina.

Derived terms

• deixar anar
• deixar de

Further reading

• “deixar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “deixar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “deixar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “deixar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese leixar, from Latin laxāre, present active infinitive of laxō. Compare Portuguese deixar, Spanish dejar, Asturian dexar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [dejˈʃaɾ]

Verb

1. (transitive) to leave
2. to abandon

   Synonym: abandonar

3. to lend

   Synonym: emprestar

4. to save (store for future use)

   Synonyms: gardar, reservar

5. to let, allow

   Synonyms: consentir, permitir

6. to release

   Synonyms: ceibar, librar

7. (reflexive) to let oneself go

Derived terms

• desleixar
• releixar

 

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “leixar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “deixar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “deixar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “deixar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• deyxar (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese leixar, from Latin laxāre, present active infinitive of laxō (“to extend; to lighten; to relax”). Doublet of the borrowed laxar.

Related to Spanish dejar, 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 delaxare.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /de(j)ˈʃa(ʁ)/ [de(ɪ̯)ˈʃa(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /de(j)ˈʃa(ʁ)/ [de(ɪ̯)ˈʃa(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /de(j)ˈʃa(ɾ)/ [de(ɪ̯)ˈʃa(ɾ)]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /de(j)ˈʃa(ʁ)/ [de(ɪ̯)ˈʃa(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /de(j)ˈʃa(ɻ)/ [de(ɪ̯)ˈʃa(ɻ)]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɐjˈʃaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɐjˈʃaɾ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /dejˈʃaɾ/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /dejˈʃaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /deˈʃa.ɾi/

• IPA^(key): /dejˈʃa(r)/
• IPA^(key): /dɛjˈʃa(h)/
• IPA^(key): /di(j)ˈʃa(ɹ)/

• Audio (Oporto, Portugal):

  (file)

• Hyphenation: dei‧xar

Verb

2. (transitive) to leave; to exit (to go out of or away from a place)

   Synonym: sair de

   Os ladrões deixaram o prédio assim que ouviram a sirene.

   The thieves left the building as soon as they heard the siren.

4. (transitive) to leave (to refrain from taking)

   Deixei umas bolachas para a minha irmã.

   I left some biscuits for my sister.

6. (transitive) to leave (to cause to exist after its occurrence)

   A guerra deixara um rastro de destruição.

   The war had left a wake of destruction.

8. (transitive with an adjective complement) to leave (to cause to be in a state)

   Synonym: tornar

   Deixa a porta aberta quando saíres!

   Leave the door open when you go!

10. (transitive) to leave (to end one’s connection, affiliation or relationship with)

    Após vinte anos de casamento, a minha esposa deixou-me.

    After twenty years of marriage, my wife left me.

    Deixei o meu emprego.

    I left my job.

12. Template:indtr to quit (to stop doing something habitually)

    Synonym: largar

    Deixem de fumar.

    Stop smoking.

14. Template:indtr not to do something; to refrain from

    Synonym: não

    Não deixe de comprar comida para a viagem.

    Don’t forget to buy food for the trip.

16. (ditransitive, auxiliary with a verb in the impersonal or personal (proscribed) infinitive for the second object) to let; to allow to (to give permission to)

    Synonym: permitir que

    Minha mãe não me deixa ficar acordado até tarde.

    My mother doesn’t let me stay awake until late.

18. (ditransitive, auxiliary with a verb in the impersonal or personal (proscribed) infinitive for the second object) to let (to give possibility to)

    Synonyms: permitir que, possibilitar que, possibilitar de

    A neblina não nos deixava ver muito longe.

    The fog didn’t let us see very far.

20. Template:indtr to postpone until; to put off (to reschedule or avoid doing something until a later time)

    Synonyms: adiar, postergar, transferir

    Tiveram que deixar a partida para amanhã.

    They had to put the match off until tomorrow.

22. (transitive) to leave; to bequeath (to give something to someone after dying or leaving)

    Synonym: legar

    Um parente que eu nem conhecia me deixou uns quadros valiosos.

    A relative I didn’t even know left me some valuable paintings.

24. (transitive) to leave off; to omit (not to include)

    Synonyms: omitir, deixar de fora

    Comprei um presente para quase todo mundo, só deixei você.

    I bought a gift for everybody, I have only left you out.

26. (transitive) to leave alone (not to bother)

    Synonym: deixar em paz

    Deixe-me, idiota.

    Leave me alone, you idiot.

27. (transitive) to make someone feel a certain way

    Isto está me deixando louco.

    This is making me mad.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:deixar.

Synonyms

• (to end a relation): largar (de), abandonar

Derived terms

• deixa
• deixar de fora
• deixar em paz

Related terms

• desleixado
• laxo