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I'm not letting this go.

I'm not letting this go.

2
votes

No voy a dejar esto ir (with ir?)

No voy a dejar esto (without ir?)

No voy a dejar esto así

(different meanings here)

No voy a desprenderme de esto (emotionally)

No voy a deshacerme de esto (physically let go)

Other good ways with other meanings to say this?

Gracias.

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updated Sep 13, 2011
posted by jeezzle

3 Answers

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"No voy a soltarlo" (or "soltar eso") is fine if you are grabbing a phyisical object.

"No voy a dejar esto ir" is wrong grammar: that "ir" has no syntactic function in Spanish in this construction, plus "ir" is not even a good match for "go" in English. Bear in mind that "to go" has over 86 meanings in English (and only 38 in Spanish). You can say, with animate beings, "No dejó ir al niño/perro/ratón..."

"No voy a dejar esto así" is fine for physical things and arrangements"

"Pasar por alto" can be used when you purposefully overlook something.

"Descuidar" can be used when you don't take care of things.

updated Sep 16, 2011
posted by lazarus1907
Eseto se me va/fue de las manos... ;) - chileno, Sep 2, 2011
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No voy a soltar esto.

updated Sep 2, 2011
posted by gintar77
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No voy a dejar esto ir (with ir?) No lo voy a dejar ir = I am not letting it go

No voy a dejar esto (without ir?) = I am not going to leave this.

No voy a dejar esto así = I am not going to leave it like this

(different meanings here)

No voy a desprenderme de esto (emotionally)

No voy a deshacerme de esto (physically let go) = I am not going to get rid of it/this

updated Sep 1, 2011
posted by chileno