Se habría visto precisado a dejarse llevar

Quaeso

January 06, 2026 05:12 PM

Se habría visto precisado a dejarse llevar

Quote:

Pero si [el hombre quien estuvo en el desván] hubiese querido llevárselo, no hubiera tenido que esperar tanto tiempo, pensaba Marcelino. ¡Tantas veces había estado él casi solo en el convento, por la huerta y por el campo! Con un hombre no habría podido luchar y se habría visto precisado a dejarse llevar quieras que no. -Marcelino ch.3

The phrase se habría visto precisado a dejarse llevar has a lot of verbs in it. I think that I get the main idea, but what are the subjects of dejarse and llevar?

aleCcowaN

January 06, 2026 06:46 PM

It's the same subject all along the expression: the young and, to some degree, defenceless Marcelino. In that hypothetical situation, Marcelino feels pressed and obliged to do something in a context of lack of freedom or choice (verse precisado), consisting in allowing himself to be abducted without resisting (dejarse llevar).

Quaeso

January 06, 2026 07:52 PM

Thank you, I see how the subject of dejarse would be Marcelino, but if Marcelino were also the subject of llevar, then it seems that he would be the one abducting (that is abducting either himself or some other object), which seems unlikely here.

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