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Old March 06, 2011, 12:31 PM
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Left hanging
I searched our threads and I didn't find an appropriate Spanish equivalent for "left-hanging"....

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What does it mean in English?
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It means something that hangs toward the left. I wonder if que cuelga(n) hacia/a la izquierda works here. Too rudimentary, maybe?
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@Elaina: Is it related to the expression "to be left hanging", like when something hasn't been solved? ¿"Quedar pendiente"?
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@It it's angleica's choice ("to be left hanging"), another common is "quedar colgado"


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"Left/right-hanging" can also be used in specifying the side from which something hangs. As an example, gates and doors can be differentiated as either "left-hanging" or "right-hanging", depending on which side the hinges are relative to you as you push them open.

If we are discussing the idiom "to be left hanging", the hyphen in "left-hanging" should be omitted.
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Left hanging......quedar plantado o sin ayuda alguna....

So I need help translating the following sentence...
-We will help you as much as we can and we promise you will not be left hanging.

Thanks in anticipation for your help.

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Left hanging......quedar plantado o sin ayuda alguna....

So I need help translating the following sentence...
-We will help you as much as we can and we promise you will not be left hanging.

Thanks in anticipation for your help.
Here's my attempt.
Vamos a ayudarte tan mucho como podemos y te prometemos que no te dejaremos sola y en suspenso.
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Left hanging......quedar plantado o sin ayuda alguna....

So I need help translating the following sentence...
-We will help you as much as we can and we promise you will not be left hanging.

Thanks in anticipation for your help.
Está bien tu traducción.
tb dejar plantado.
Le ayudaremos todo lo que este en nuestras manos, y le prometemos que le dejaremos plantado.
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Está bien tu traducción.
tb dejar plantado.
Le ayudaremos todo lo que este en nuestras manos, y le prometemos que no le dejaremos plantado.
otra:
We will help you as much as we can and we promise you will not be left hanging.
Le ayudaremos en todo lo que podamos y le prometemos que no se quedará colgado.
formal:
Se le ayudará según nuestras posibilidades y le prometemos que no se quedará sin ayuda.

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