Usage examples of "dejarse caer" in Spanish with translation to English

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No tengo mucho tiempo, así que me dejaré caer por un restaurante de comida rápida. I don't have much time, so I'm going to drop in at a fast-food restaurant.
No dejes caer ese vaso. Don't drop that glass.
La puerta no debe dejarse abierta. The door must not be left open.
Lo siento, dejé caer mi cuchillo. I'm sorry, I dropped my knife.
Ella les permite a sus hijos dejarse el pelo largo. She authorizes her children to grow their hair long.
Él se lastimó su pie izquierdo al caer. He hurt his left foot when he fell.
Mary intentaba empujar las palabras hacia el otro lado de la frase para hacer caer a Tom. Mary was attempting to push the words toward the other end of the sentence in order to dump Tom.
El árbol se podía caer en cualquier momento. The tree was ready to fall at any moment.
Va a caer un chaparrón. There's going to be a downpour.
Él se lastimó al caer. He hurt himself when he fell.
Al caer el sol, los grillos empiezan a cantar y las luciérnagas a iluminar la noche. At sunset, the crickets begin to chirp and the fireflies light up the night.
Me agarré con fuerza a la cuerda para no caer. I held on to the rope tightly so I wouldn't fall.
Tom dejó caer pintura en su camisa mientras pintaba la cerca. Tom got paint on his shirt while he was painting the fence.
Tu ayuda me salvó de caer en la ruina. Your help prevented me from being ruined.
Duele caer sobre el hielo. Falling on ice hurts.
Si llenas demasiado la caja, se le va a caer el fondo. If you stuff the box too full, the bottom will fall out.
El otoño llegó y las hojas comenzaron a caer. Autumn came and the leaves started to fall.
Al caer se hizo daño en la rodilla. He hurt his knee when he fell.
¡De verdad te vas a caer! You’re really going to fall!
Galileo dejó caer dos bolas desde la Torre de Pisa. Galileo dropped two balls from the Tower of Pisa.
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