dejar llevar

Question

The context is a converstaion between A and B :

A: "Solo tu mismo puedes permitir que jueguen con tus emociones... nadie mas puede."

B: "Pero hay veces que uno se puede dejar llevar, y pueden llegar a jugar con tus emociones"

I don't understand the meaning of "dejar llevar" and "llegar" in B's response. "llevar" means carry and "llegar" means arrive. But i still can't put the meaning of the whole sentence together. Please help. Thanks!

Thank you for filling in your basic profile, Sunflower it is very helpful :) - FELIZ77, Jun 22, 2016

Thank you for your profile that is worth a vote from me . - ray76, Jun 23, 2016

oh i didn't know somebody actually looks at my profile! ok i will write more there then :) - sunflowerhk, Jun 23, 2016

Answer 1

But there are times when someone (I think "you" is understood here.) can get carried away and they can arrive at (or "come to" ) playing with your emotions.

(The "they" is the same unspoken "they" of sentence "A" --que juegen--)

"Dejarse llevar" --to get carried away

Fantastic. Muchas gracias! :-) - sunflowerhk, Jun 22, 2016

Answer 2

Hello Sunflower,

Welcome to the SpanishDict forum

Daniela has a given you an excellent answer to help you understand her natve language. I would just like to suggest a more natural sounding English translation for llegar a jugar Yes, literally it means to arrive at playing with your emotions but I would suggest that it might be better to say:

They can end up playing with your emotions

I hope this helps

I was taught that "end up with/by + verb" was a translation of the Spanish "acabar por" Oh well, I learn something new every day. :) - Daniela2041, Jun 22, 2016

Yes... well,, acabar por does mean that, Daniela but I don't think well-educated English natives would say arrive at playing any more than they would say llegar a ser would mean arrive at being, instead we would say: become ;) - FELIZ77, Jun 22, 2016

As I'm sure you know/realize Dani, the translation of idioms between different languages is not an exact science lol You have to translate the idea/concept behind the words in order to accurately convey the idiom. Word for word translations seldom work - FELIZ77, Jun 22, 2016

However, many of us resort to that when we do not know the natural way of saying the same thing use by a native. Like I did not know 'paso por ti' in a different answer, earier today - FELIZ77, Jun 22, 2016

correction: useD by a native i mean ;) - FELIZ77, Jun 22, 2016

Feliz, thank you so much! Now i know "llegar a ser" is actually a phrase and it means "end up + verb". I love this forum! :-D - sunflowerhk, Jun 23, 2016

Sunflower, llegar a ser means to become. Daniela's phrase acabar por means to end up ;) - FELIZ77, Jun 23, 2016

You are welcome, sunflower :) - FELIZ77, Jun 23, 2016

llegar a jugar con las emociones in this context can mean to end up playing with your emotions - FELIZ77, Jun 23, 2016