demitir
Meaning
- to fire (terminate the employment of)
- to dismiss, displace
- (reflexive) to resign (quit a job or position)
Concepts
make redundant
terminate agreement
be given the boot
be given one's cards
be given the elbow
give the sack
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/de.miˈt͡ʃi(ʁ)/
Etymology
From Latin dēmittere (“to bring down”), from de (“from, away from, down from”) + mittō (“send; emit; throw, cast”), from Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂- (“to exchange, remove”).
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