quitar
Meaning
- (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
- (transitive) to get rid of
- (transitive) to get off
- (transitive) to deprive of, to take away from (uses indirect object)
- (reflexive,transitive) to take off, to remove, to disrobe, to doff (as clothes or accoutrements)
- (reflexive) to be removed
- (reflexive) to get rid of (something belonging to oneself)
- (reflexive) to quit, give up (smoking etc)
- (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
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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