deixar escapar
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Literally, “to let escape”.
Verb
[edit]deixar escapar (first-person singular present deixo escapar, first-person singular preterite deixei escapar, past participle deixado escapar)
- (literally) to, accidentally or not, allow a confined person or animal to escape
- Não deixe as galinhas escaparem.
- Do not let the chickens escape.
- (idiomatic) to let slip (to accidentally divulge a secret)
- Deixou escapar o que realmente havia acontecido.
- He let slip what had really happened.
Conjugation
[edit]1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.