Spanish Word - Leave Me Alone?

[kenkiwi90]

Hi Everyone,

I just start my Spanish course online, and I would like to ask how to say "Can You Leave Me Alone" in Spanish?

Thanks!

[Perikles]

¡déjame en paz! leave me alone! (literally - leave me in peace)

[ookami]

First you want to say "I love you" and "Will you marry me?" and now "Can you leave me alone?"
You are making it the right way!

Btw, where I've to sign to enter that course

[irmamar]

"Déjame en paz" if you're angry, but it can mean "Déjame solo", too. For instance: tengo que estudiar, déjame solo que si no no me concentro (I have to study, leave me alone because if you don't I'm not able to concentrate on it). Well, more or less...

[JPablo]

Yes, "Déjame en paz" is the most common.
There was a song that read something like,
"Déjame en paz, que no me quiero salvar, que yo estoy muy bien aquí en mi infierno"
["Let me alone, I don't want to save myself, I am very well here in my (own) hell"]
Not that I recommend that to anyone, but just a real example of "usage".

[Perikles]

Originally Posted by irmamar

"Déjame en paz" if you're angry, but it can mean "Déjame solo", too. For instance: tengo que estudiar, déjame solo que si no no me concentro (I have to study, leave me alone because if you don't I'm not able to concentrate on it). Well, more or less...

I find that "leave me alone" is quite a strong expression, and if I just wanted not to be disturbed, I would carefully modify the request with a "Please" to avoid the launching of domestic missiles.

[chileno]

También "déjame tranquilo/tranquila"

[ookami]

Originally Posted by chileno

También "déjame tranquilo/tranquila"

That is actually the most common one around here.

[JPablo]

Ah, that reminds me Les Luthiers, a father to his son: "Dejame vivir..."

[CrOtALiTo]

Or also the phrase means Dejame solo.

Am I right?

[ookami]

Originally Posted by JPablo

Ah, that reminds me Les Luthiers, a father to his son: "Dejame vivir..."

why without the accent on the a?

[JPablo]

Well, I put the 'a' in bold as the 'accent' (the stress of pronunciation goes there, but doesn't necessarily needs to have "tilde", as the word becomes "llana", having the 'me' attached.)

(In the latest rules I believe you may or may not put the 'tilde' as one wishes.) (I may be wrong on that... as the "standard Argentinean" is not my "forte".

In Spain we say "Déjame Vivir", stressing the first "e" which in this case gets a tilde...

[ookami]

Originally Posted by JPablo

Well, I put the 'a' in bold as the 'accent' (the stress of pronunciation goes there, but doesn't necessarily needs to have "tilde", as the word becomes "llana", having the 'me' attached.)

(In the latest rules I believe you may or may not put the 'tilde' as one wishes.) (I may be wrong on that... as the "standard Argentinean" is not my "forte".

In Spain we say "Déjame Vivir", stressing the first "e" which in this case gets a tilde...

Sí, tenés razón, parece que hace ya un paaar de años (1999) que no lleva tilde según la alta casa de letras. Pero yo siempre lo escribo con tilde ¿nostalgia de una vida del pasado? Es que también lo he leído en algún que otro libro (Beneddeti) de esa manera. El motivo por el que no lleva tilde es por ser grave terminada en vocal, siendo imposible la confusión con las otras dos maneras de acentuarla, que llevan tilde. Bueno perdón por corregir sin sentido, pero al menos aprendí algo

[JPablo]

Gracias, no hay problema, Ookami, "hoy por ti, mañana por mí" (o viceversa).