{"id":164,"date":"2008-03-03T21:16:54","date_gmt":"2008-03-04T01:16:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/?p=164"},"modified":"2008-03-03T21:16:54","modified_gmt":"2008-03-04T01:16:54","slug":"deixa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/deixa\/","title":{"rendered":"Deixa!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i>Deixar <\/i>[day-shar] is a useful verb in Portuguese because there quite a few expressions that use it. Literally, it means several things:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;to leave&#8221;: <i>Deixei meu cachorro com minha irm\u00e3<\/i><i>.<\/i><br \/>I left my dog with my sister.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;to stop&#8221;: <i>Ela deixou de fumar.<\/i><br \/>She stopped smoking.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;to allow&#8221;: <i>Nos deixamos nosso filho sair com os amigos.<\/i><br \/>We allow our son to go out with his friends.<\/p>\n<p>There are also a few dozen expressions that use <i>deixar<\/i>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wordreference.com\/pten\/deixar\">which you can find listed here<\/a>. Here are some more popular expressions used with <i>deixar<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p> 1. <i><b>Deixa<\/b> <b>para l\u00e1<\/b><\/i>: Leave it alone, or forget about it.<br \/><i>Seu pai realmente n\u00e3o gosta da nossa casa? <\/i>Your dad really doesn&#8217;t like our house?<br \/><i>N\u00e3o sei. Deixa para l<\/i><i>\u00e1. <\/i>I don&#8217;t know. Just forget about it.<\/p>\n<p>2. <b><i>Deixa<\/i><\/b>: Stop it, or knock it off.<br \/><i>Pai! Pai! 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