dejar plantado

Spanish

Verb

dejar plantado (first-person singular present dejo plantado, first-person singular preterite dejé plantado, past participle dejado plantado)

1. (colloquial, idiomatic) to stand up, to be stood up, to ditch, to blow off (a person or people)
2. (idiomatic) to jilt, to let down, to leave in the lurch

Further reading

• “dejar a alguien plantado”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16