dexar

From Latin laxāre, present active infinitive of laxō. Compare Spanish dejar, Portuguese and Galician deixar.

dexar (first-person singular indicative present dexo, past participle dexáu)

1. to leave, abandon a place
2. to permit, allow, let
3. to stop, give up

From earlier lexar and variants, from Latin laxāre.

• IPA^(key): /deˈʃaɾ/

dexar

1. to leave something, abandon something
   • between 1140-1207, Anonymous (or Per Abbat), Cantar de mío Cid 3149-3150:

     Por mis fijas q̃m dexaron yo nõ he desonor / Ca uos las casastes Rey
     (modernized spelling) Por mis hijas que me dejaron, yo no(n) he deshonor, / ca vos las casaste(i)s, rey.

     I have no dishonour [to account for] from my daughters, who left me [after they married], as you oversaw their marriage, my king

2. to leave something in a certain way
   • between 1140-1207, Anonymous (or Per Abbat), Cantar de mío Cid 461:

     Todos son exidos las puertas dexadas an abiertas

     Everyone has gone out; they have left the doors open

3. let somebody do something
   • between 1140-1207, Anonymous (or Per Abbat), Cantar de mío Cid 897:

     Hyd por castiella & dexen uos andar minaya
     (modernized spelling) Id por Castilla e déjen(v)os andar, Minaya.

     Go to Castille, and they should let you pass, Minaya

Inherited from Old Spanish dexar.

• IPA^(key): /deˈxaɾ/ [d̪eˈxaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ

dexar (first-person singular present dexo, first-person singular preterite dexé, past participle dexado)

1. Obsolete spelling of dejar