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él dejase

left, quit, let, allowed, lent

→ dejar
dej let, allow + ase 3rd person singular imperfect subjunctive
verb · 3rd-person singular, imperfect tense Rare #32,409
left, quit In this form, it often appears in sentences expressing what someone wanted, asked, or expected another person to do.
SP: Esperaba que ella dejase la ciudad.
EN: I hoped she would leave the city.
let, allowed Often used with an infinitive or with a person and a thing.
SP: Su madre quería que le dejase usar el coche.
EN: His mother wanted him to let her use the car.
lent With a person and an object, dejar can mean to lend or let someone borrow something.
SP: Le pidió que le dejase el coche.
EN: She asked him to lend her the car.
stopped In the expression dejar de + infinitive, it means to stop doing something.
SP: Quería que dejase de fumar.
EN: She wanted him to stop smoking.
Conjugation of dejar
Subjunctive imperfect
SingularPlural
First dejaba —
Third dejaba dejaban

Tom convenció a su madre para que le dejase el coche durante el fin de semana.

Tom convinced his mother to let him use the car for the weekend.

Ella le pidió que no dejase su trabajo.

She asked him not to quit his job.

Me dijeron que dejase a Paro.

They told me to leave Paro.

— Devdas (2002)

El médico le dijo que dejase de fumar y de beber.

The doctor told him to stop smoking and drinking.

Ella le presionó para que dejase su trabajo.

She pressured him to quit his job.

Ella esperaba que él dejase la ciudad.

She hoped he would leave the city.

Paro me dijo que dejase de beber.

But he told me to stop drinking.

— Devdas (2002)

Le he pedido a Tom que dejase de hacer eso.

I asked Tom to stop doing that.

Señor Markus, ¿le importaría que le dejase aquí al niño?

Mr. Markus, would you mind if I left the boy here with you?

— Die Blechtrommel (1979)

Ojalá dejase de llover.

I wish it would stop raining.

¡Ojalá dejase de llover!

I wish it would stop raining!