lăsa

Inherited from Latin laxāre.

• IPA^(key): /ləˈsa/

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• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: lă‧sa

a lăsa (third-person singular present lasă, past participle lăsat) 1st conjugation

1. (transitive) to leave

   Am lăsat cartea acasă.

   I left the book at home.

   L-am lăsat liber.

   I set him free.

   O să îți las ție casa.

   I’ll leave the house to you.

2. (transitive) to let, to allow

   Lasă-mă să-ți arăt.

   Let me show it to you.

3. (transitive) to drop, let go
4. (reflexive) to buckle, droop, sag, tilt, show signs of being about to fall
5. (in the imperative) to not mind, not worry
6. (reflexive, of moments of the day or weather) to give way, begin

   Se lasă seara. ― It's getting dark.

7. (reflexive) to give up something, whether good or bad

   S-a lăsat de fumat, dar s-a lăsat și de alergat.

   He did give up smoking, but he also gave up running.

8. (informal, transitive) Short for lăsa în pace (“leave alone”).

• delăsa

• lăsa in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)