quitar

Asturian

Verb

quitar

1. to get rid of
2. to take off; to turn off
3. to give up; to quit
4. to take away

Conjugation

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencian)

Verb

quitar (first-person singular present quito, first-person singular preterite quití, past participle quitat)

1. to absolve; to release (to pronounce free from a penalty, blame, or guilt)
2. to compensate (to pay or reward someone in exchange for work done)

Conjugation

Related terms

• quiti

Further reading

• “quitar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Galician

Etymology

Probably a semi-learned term derived from Medieval Latin quitāre (“release, discharge, set free”) < Late Latin quietō, quietāre, or from Latin quietus.

Verb

quitar (first-person singular present quito, first-person singular preterite quitei, past participle quitado)

1. to remove

Conjugation

Further reading

• “quitar” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
• “quitar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

Interlingua

Verb

quitar

1. to quit

Conjugation

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: qui‧tar

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese quitar, from Late Latin quiētāre (“acquit, discharge, release”), from Latin quiētāre; it may have come through Old French quitter, although this is uncertain.

Verb

quitar (first-person singular present quito, first-person singular preterite quitei, past participle quitado)

1. to pay
2. to settle, discharge (a debt)

   Antonym: cobrar

Conjugation

Etymology 2

From English kit +‎ -ar.

Verb

quitar (first-person singular present quito, first-person singular preterite quitei, past participle quitado)

1. (Portugal, colloquial) to engage in car tuning

   Synonym: tunar

Conjugation

Etymology 3

From English quit +‎ -ar.

Verb

quitar (first-person singular present quito, first-person singular preterite quitei, past participle quitado)

1. (Brazil, Internet slang) to quit (an online environment)

Conjugation

Romansch

Etymology

From Latin cōgitāre, present active infinitive of cōgitō.

Verb

quitar

1. (Sursilvan) to think, believe, reckon, have an opinion on

Spanish

Etymology

Probably a semi-learned derivation from Medieval Latin quitāre (“release, discharge, set free”) from Late Latin quietāre, or from Latin quietus (through an Old Spanish adjective quito, with an abnormal phonological evolution). Compare English quiet and quit and French quitter. See also Spanish quedar and quietar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kiˈtaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: qui‧tar

Verb

quitar (first-person singular present quito, first-person singular preterite quité, past participle quitado)

1. (transitive) to remove, to take away, to take down, to take off, to pull off, to pull out, to clear, to clear away, to strip, to strip away
2. (transitive) to get rid of
3. (transitive) to get off

   ¡Quitádmelo! ― Get it off me!

4. (transitive) to deprive of, to take away from (uses indirect object)
5. (transitive, reflexive) to take off, to remove, to disrobe, to doff (as clothes or accoutrements)

   quitarse la mascarilla ― to take off the mask

6. (reflexive) to be removed
7. (reflexive) to get rid of (something belonging to oneself)
8. (reflexive) to quit, give up (smoking etc)

   quitarse de fumar ― to stop smoking

9. (reflexive) to move away, to get out of the way

   Synonym: quitarse del medio

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading

• “quitar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014