Estoy pensando en dejar un bigote

Question

I'm thinking of growing a moustache, and dejar means grow here because it means to not obstruct? Gracias. What if you used crecer?

Answer 1

I'd say "Estoy pensando en dejarme el bigote"... it means to let it grow... you can also use "crecer"... but it would need "dejar" also

"Estoy pensando en dejar que me crezca el bigote"

Answer 2

hmm... it has to be "el bigote"... "un bigote"... sounds like just 1 hair... haha.

"Estoy interesado en dejarme crecer el bigote"... it sounds ok, and I think it has a different meaning...

in Estoy pensando en dejarme el bigote... I don't have any moustache and I want it

in Estoy interesado en dejarme crecer el bigote ... I have moustache... but I want more

I'd say "dejar" in this case... means "let the moustache grow"... in the first case... it could mean "let it appear"

So it stills mean just "let" and it's a bit idiomatic then? Dejar is actually unspoken words like "let it appear" and "let it grow". I think I see it, it's odd though. - jeezzle, Oct 28, 2010

Answer 3

So you couldn't just say "estoy interesado en crecer un bigote". What about "Estoy pensando en dejarme crecer un bigote" do you have to use the que switch / sub switch? Seems that crecer is redundant then.

If you had to, how would you translate the word "dejar" in those sentences? Let? I'm thinking of letting myself grow a moustache? I don't usually translate, but this use of dejar is a bit of an oddball use to me, especially with the fact that crecer needs it to grow a moustache. Gracias.