Spanish term
yo me borré
The context is an acquaintance of the speaker trying to convince him to invest in a product. My understanding is that the speaker simply ignored the calls and didn't respond. I know this can also mean to remove oneself from a list, but I don't enough context to assume that. I don't think anything along the lines of "disappearing" would make sense in English, and "ghosting" seems too informal. Does "I never responded" capture the meaning well enough? Thanks in advance.
| 4 +3 | I never answered. |
Paul García
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| 3 +2 | stopped answering |
patinba
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| 4 | I blew him off |
Giovanni Rengifo
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| 3 | I didn't return/never returrned the person's calls |
Barbara Cochran, MFA
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Non-PRO (1): Yvonne Gallagher
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Proposed translations
United States
calidad y rapidez / quality and speed
Native in: English 
, Spanish
Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish
I never answered.
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Gabriela Alvarez
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Muchas gracias, Gabriela.
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Yvonne Gallagher
: or I never bothered answering
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Yep; either way. Thanks, Gallagy.
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Leda Roche
: I like Gallagy's suggestion
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Thank you, Denise, I do, too.
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stopped answering
United States
Laudable Lady Linguist
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, French to English, English to Spanish, and 3 more.
I didn't return/never returrned the person's calls
Colombia
Traductores Oficiales Cali
Native in: Spanish
Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish, German to Spanish, and 2 more.
I blew him off
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Note added at 1 day6 hrs (2017-08-21 19:21:01 GMT)
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http://dictionary.cambridge.org/es/diccionario/ingles/blow-s...
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Yvonne Gallagher
: careful! This could be misread//I'd never use this in case of misunderstanding and I've lived in USA & Canada https://forum.wordreference.com/threads/blow-someone-off.330... https://forum.wordreference.com/threads/blow-someone-off.601...
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It means what it means.// In US English it means to ignore something/somebody. As far as I know, it's commonly used. I really don't know what "sexual connotation" you're talking about. Maybe it's used differently in UK English?
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