quitar

Signification

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
4. (transitive) to deprive of, to take away from (uses indirect object)
5. (reflexive,transitive) to take off, to remove, to disrobe, to doff (as clothes or accoutrements)
6. (reflexive) to be removed
7. (reflexive) to get rid of (something belonging to oneself)
8. (reflexive) to quit, give up (smoking etc)
9. (reflexive) to move away, to get out of the way

Coupé comme

qui‧tar

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/kiˈtaɾ/

Étymologie

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.