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deixar na mão

Portuguese, verb

deixar na mão is spelled D-E-I-X-A-R-N-A-M-Ã-O (11 letters). Deixar na mão is a Portuguese verb meaning “to hang out to dry (to abandon someone in need)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does deixar na mão mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to hang out to dry (to abandon someone in need)

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

phrase: 1. decepcionar 2. abandonar alguém

The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.

Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of deixar na mão

  • deixo na mão first-person present singular
  • deixei na mão first-person preterite singular
  • deixado na mão participle past

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

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