Pronunciation SAMPA: /'/ IPA: /'lεft/ Adjective left Arbitrary convention to call one direction, one side, as opposed to right. This arrow points to the left: <-- Remaining Translations Dutch: links (1), linkse (1), achtergelaten (2) Esperanto: maldekstra (1), liva (1), restaĵo (2) Finnish: vasen French: gauche German: links (1), übrig (2) Hungarian: bal (1), hátralévő (2) Indonesian: kiri (1) Italian: sinistro Japanese: 左 (ひだり, hidari) (1) Portuguese: esquerda (1), deixado m (2), deixada f (2) Polish: lewy m (1), lewa f (1), lewe n (1) Romanian: stânga f (1) rămas (2) Spanish: izquierda (1), dejado (2) Antonym right Noun left The left side (politics) The ensemble of left-wing political parties Translations Dutch: linkerkant m Esperanto: maldekstra French: gauche m German: Linke f (1,2) Hungarian: bal oldal Indonesian: sayap kiri Italian: sinistra f Japanese: 左翼 (さよく, sayoku) Portuguese: esquerda f Romanian: stângă f Expressions to the left Verb left Past tense of to leave Past participle of to leave Past tense of to leave Past participle of to leave Translations Dutch: verliet (1), ging weg (1), verlaten (2), weggegaan (2), achterliet (3), achtergelaten (4) Esperanto: foriri Finnish: lähti, jätti French: parti (1, 2), laissé (3, 4) Hungarian: elment German: verlassen (2) Indonesian: berangkat, meninggalkan Italian: partito (1, 2), lasciato (3, 4) Japanese: 出発した (しゅっぱつした, shuppatsu-shita) Romanian: plecat (1,2) lăsat (3,4) Spanish: se fué (1), ido (2)
left
to the left
Verb left Past tense of to leave Past participle of to leave Past tense of to leave Past participle of to leave Translations Dutch: verliet (1), ging weg (1), verlaten (2), weggegaan (2), achterliet (3), achtergelaten (4) Esperanto: foriri Finnish: lähti, jätti French: parti (1, 2), laissé (3, 4) Hungarian: elment German: verlassen (2) Indonesian: berangkat, meninggalkan Italian: partito (1, 2), lasciato (3, 4) Japanese: 出発した (しゅっぱつした, shuppatsu-shita) Romanian: plecat (1,2) lăsat (3,4) Spanish: se fué (1), ido (2)