dejar tirado
Spanish
Etymology
Literally, “to leave stranded”.
Verb
dejar tirado (first-person singular present dejo tirado, first-person singular preterite dejé tirado, past participle dejado tirado)
- (idiomatic, transitive) to leave someone in the lurch, abandon, to give up
Further reading
- “dejar a alguien tirado”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024