abandon

abandonar

abandon(uh-bahn-dihn)

transitive verb

1. (to desert)

a. abandonar

They were forced to abandon the ship when it ran aground.

Se vieron obligados a abandonar el buque cuando encalló.

b. dejar

Esteban abandoned his family for a woman he met in another city.

Esteban dejó a su familia por una mujer que conoció en otra ciudad.

2. (to surrender)

a. entregarse a

Arturo abandoned himself to gambling when he moved to Las Vegas.

Arturo se entregó al juego cuando se mudó a Las Vegas.

b. abandonarse a

When she was finally alone, she abandoned herself to tears.

Cuando por fin estaba sola, se abandonó a las lágrimas.

3. (to give up)

a. renunciar a

The climbers have abandoned their attempt to reach the summit today.

Los andinistas renunciaron al intento de llegar a la cima hoy.

b. abandonar

She abandoned hope for rescue, but still she felt compelled to survive.

Abandonó la esperanza de que la rescataran, pero aún así se sentía compelida a sobrevivir.

c. perder

We never abandoned hope, and a year later we received news that my sister was getting better.

Nunca perdimos la esperanza, y un año más tarde recibimos la noticia de que mi hermana se estaba mejorando.

d. suspender

After two weeks, they abandoned the search for the crew member who went overboard.

Después de dos semanas, suspendieron la búsqueda del tripulante que cayó por la borda.

noun

4. (lightheartedness)

a.

no direct translation

I'm sure my upstairs neighbor hates us for singing with abandon between 2 and 8 am.

Estoy seguro de que mi vecina de arriba nos odia por cantar como locos entre las 2 y las 8 am.

Lucrecia danced with abandon on her wedding night.

Lucrecia bailó desenfrenadamente en la noche de su boda.

abandon

Noun

1. (general)

a.

with reckless abandoncomo loco(a)

transitive verb

2. (give up, leave)

a. abandonar

3. (match)

a. suspender

to abandon shipabandonar el barco

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abandon [əˈbændən]

transitive verb

1 (desert) [+car, family] abandonar; dejar

to abandon sb to his fate abandonar a algn a su suerte; abandon ship! ¡evacuar el barco!

2 (give up) [+plan, attempt] renunciar a

they've had to abandon their attempt to fly round the world in 80 days

[+game] anular

the attempt had to be abandoned

the game was abandoned after 20 minutes' play después de 20 minutos de juego se anuló el partido; abandon all hope ye who ... abandonad toda esperanza aquellos que ...; to abandon o.s. to sth entregarse or abandonarse a algo

noun

to dance with wild abandon bailar desenfrenadamente

with abandon, in gay abandon to talk with gay abandon he was speeding down the motorway with gay abandon

gay