How to Say ‘Why don't you let him go?’ in Spain Spanish
¿Por qué no le deja salir?
por keh noh leh DEH-hah sah-LEER
[por keh noh leh DEH-hah sah-LEER]
🇪🇸 In Spain: ¿Por qué no...? is a soft way to suggest something without giving an order, so it fits a polite request to a stranger.
Phrase Breakdown
¿Por qué no
por keh noh
Why don't you
'Por qué' means 'why'. With 'no' after it, it asks why something isn't happening.
¿Por qué no vienes?
Why don't you come?
Words in this phrase
Por
[por]
why (with qué)
'Por qué' together means 'why'.
¿Por qué estás triste?
Why are you sad?
qué
[keh]
why (with por)
Part of 'por qué', meaning 'why'.
¿Por qué no vienes?
Why don't you come?
no
[noh]
not
A word used to negate or make something negative.
No nos vamos a la fiesta.
We are not going to the party.
le deja salir?
leh DEH-hah sah-LEER
let him leave?
'Deja' here uses the formal 'usted' form, meaning 'you let'. 'Le' means 'him'. Raise your voice at the end.
¿Le deja salir al jardín?
Do you let him go out to the garden?
Words in this phrase
le
[leh]
to him/her
An indirect object pronoun referring to a third person.
Siempre le cuento chistes a mi hermano.
I always tell jokes to my brother.
deja
[DEH-hah]
let / allow
Formal 'you' form of 'dejar', here meaning to let someone do something.
¿Me deja pasar?
Will you let me through?
salir
[sah-LEER]
to go out
Verb meaning to leave or go out socially.
Quiero salir esta noche.
I want to go out tonight.
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