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

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No dejes caer ese vaso. Don't drop that glass.
Tom dejó caer la pelota. Tom dropped the ball.
Lo siento, dejé caer mi cuchillo. I'm sorry, I dropped my knife.
Dejó caer la copa y se rompió. He dropped the cup and broke it.
Galileo dejó caer dos bolas desde la Torre de Pisa. Galileo dropped two balls from the Tower of Pisa.
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.
—¡¿Dima?! —Al-Sayib estaba tan sorprendido que dejó caer su Fanta sobre el ordenador, arruinando así su caza de novatos— ¡¿Dima?! ¡¿Eres realmente tú?! "Dima?!" Al-Sayib was so shocked that he dropped his Fanta on his computer, thereby ruining his noob hunt. "Dima?! Is that really you?!"
Estaba a punto de dejar la casa cuando empezó a caer un ligera lluvia . I was on the point of leaving home when a light rain started to fall.
¿Podría usted, por favor, dejar de hablar? Would you please stop talking?
Tom decidió dejar el patinaje después de su accidente. Tom decided to give up skateboarding after his accident.
Él se lastimó su pie izquierdo al caer. He hurt his left foot when he fell.
Es profano dejar un cadáver sin enterrar. Leaving an unburied corpse behind is profanity.
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.
¿Me podrías dejar ver tus notas? Could you let me see your notes?
El árbol se podía caer en cualquier momento. The tree was ready to fall at any moment.
Su tos empeora, ¡él debería dejar de fumar! His cough is getting worse, he should stop smoking!
Va a caer un chaparrón. There's going to be a downpour.
Tom no tuvo más remedio que dejar su trabajo. Tom had no choice but to quit his job.
Él se lastimó al caer. He hurt himself when he fell.
El niño desapareció de un día para otro sin dejar rastro. Some day, the boy disappeared without a trace.
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