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dejar plantado(
deh
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hahr
plahn
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tah
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doh
)A transitive verb phrase is a phrase that combines a verb with a preposition or other particle and requires a direct object (e.g., take out the trash.).
1. (colloquial) (to fail to meet or keep an appointment with)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
a. to stand up
Carlota dejó a Julius plantado en el altar, y él no se lo perdona.Julius was stood up at the altar by Carlota, and he won't forgive her for that.
2. (colloquial) (to abandon)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
a. to ditch (colloquial)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
¿No me van a dejar aquí plantada? - Lo siento, Merche, pero tenemos que irnos.You're not ditching me here, are you? - I'm sorry, Merche, but we have to leave.
b. to dump (colloquial) (in a relationship)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
Dejó plantada a su esposa por una corista.He dumped his wife for a chorus girl.
3. (colloquial) (to put down anywhere)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
a. to stick
¿Y todos estos trastos? - Los albañiles que están reformando el apartamento de al lado los dejaron plantados en el descansillo y aún no han venido a recogerlos.What's all this junk? - The builders working on the apartment next door stuck them on the landing and didn't come back to get them.
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