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How to Say "they forgot" in Spanish

The Spanish word forthey forgotis dejaronA1 level. This is a very common word in everyday Spanish.

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left something behind by accident
A solitary brown suitcase resting on a green hill, abandoned by two distant figures walking away into the background.

Examples

Ellos dejaron los abrigos en el coche.

They left the coats in the car.

Mis tíos nos dejaron en la estación a las ocho.

My aunt and uncle dropped us off at the station at eight.

The Preterite Tense

'Dejaron' is the simple past tense, used when the action of leaving or forgetting was completed and finished at a specific point in the past.

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