quitar

Meaning

  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

Concepts

remove

take away

take off

take

take out

subtract

withdraw

deduct

abstract

cut off

put off

curtail

clear

do away with

steal

take down

strip

wipe

deprive

rob

expose

lay

put away

put down

waive

count down

cut

seize

slash

truncate

relieve

detract

extract

pull out

dismiss

pass over

abolish

clean

get rid of

draw

ablate

abdicate

accommodate

assign

cede

deposition

drop

give way

grant

resign

submit

yield

retrench

write-off

avert

parry

excise

get off

get out

pull off

take from

tear down

throw away

clear away

snatch away

tear away

decrease

exploit

get

harvest

obtain

pick

skin

substract

cut down

dull

fell

mutilate

snap off

trim

cast out

evacuate

fire

sack

throw

throw out

vacate

appropiate

carry off

snatch

behead

decapitate

tear off

uproot

leave

abrogate

move

waft

wash away

pull

expropriate

cabbage

filch

hook

lift

nobble

pilfer

pinch

purloin

snarf

sneak

swipe

draw off

move out

kidnap

write off

take back

remove by force

undress

deprive of

rob of

amputate

banish

dismantle

put aside

Frequency

B2
Hyphenated as
qui‧tar
Pronounced as (IPA)
/kiˈtaɾ/
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.

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