despedir

Meaning

1. (transitive) fire (terminate the employment of)
2. (reflexive) to say goodbye to someone
3. (reciprocal,reflexive) to farewell (to bid farewell)
4. to quit; to resign (to stop working a job)

Hyphenated as

des‧pe‧dir

Pronounced as (IPA)

/des.peˈd͡ʒi(ʁ)/

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *deexpetere, from Latin dē- + expetō (“to desire, to strive for”), from petō (“to ask for, to seek”).

Sentences

Ele saiu sem se despedir do comerciante de cristal .

He left without saying goodbye to the crystal merchant.