la palme

[siodmak]

hello to everybody,
for my very first post to this excellent forum, I have this nice question:

¿Por qué no dejas que Víctor la palme?

does it mean: "Why don't you let Victor kill him"?
or: "Why don't you let Victor to be killed?"

it's a dialogue from a movie, where Victor is a cop a little too busy...

thanks a lot,
Dino

 

[Sherekhan]

Palmar: to die

It is not necessarily by committing suicide.

 

[mithrellas]

Hi siodmak and welcome to the forum!

Palmar is slang for die.
It does not imply necesarely to be killed.

Hope it helps! ;-)

 

[siodmak]

thank you for your fast replies!

My doubt was about if Victor was going to die or if he was going to "give death".
I wrote "killed" because in the movie there's a strife between Victor and another character.

So I presume the translation could be: "Why don't you let Victor die?"

thanks again and ciao a tutti

 

[mithrellas]

thank you for your fast replies!

My doubt was about if Victor was going to die or if he was going to "give death".
I wrote "killed" because in the movie there's a strife between Victor and another character.

So I presume the translation could be: "Why don't you let Victor die?"

thanks again and ciao a tutti

That's correct.