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quitar

  1. to get rid of
  2. to take off; to turn off
  3. to give up; to quit
  4. to take away

Conjugation of quitar

infinitive quitar
gerund quitando
past participle m quitáu, f quitada, n quitao, m pl quitaos, f pl quitaes
person first singularyo second singulartu third singularél/elli first pluralnosotros/nós second pluralvosotros/vós third pluralellos
indicative present quito quites quita quitamos quitáis quiten
imperfect quitaba quitabes quitaba quitábemos, quitábamos quitabeis, quitabais quitaben
preterite quité quitasti, quitesti quitó quitemos quitastis, quitestis quitaron
pluperfect quitare, quitara quitares, quitaras quitare, quitara quitáremos, quitáramos quitareis, quitarais quitaren, quitaran
future quitaré quitarás quitará quitaremos quitaréis quitarán
conditional quitaría quitaríes quitaría quitaríemos, quitaríamos quitaríeis, quitaríais quitaríen
subjunctive present quite quites, quitas quite quitemos quitéis quiten, quitan
imperfect quitare, quitara quitares, quitaras quitare, quitara quitáremos, quitáramos quitareis, quitarais quitaren, quitaran
imperative — quita — — quitái —

quitar (first-person singular present quito, first-person singular preterite quití, past participle quitat)

  1. to absolve; to release (to pronounce free from a penalty, blame, or guilt)
  2. to compensate (to pay or reward someone in exchange for work done)

Probably a semi-learned term derived from Medieval Latin quitāre (“release, discharge, set free”) < Late Latin quietō, quietāre, or from Latin quietus.

quitar (first-person singular present quito, first-person singular preterite quitei, past participle quitado)

  1. to remove

| | Singular | Plural | | | | | | | ------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | First-person(eu) | Second-person(ti / tu) | Third-person(ele / ela / você) | First-person(nós) | Second-person(vós) | Third-person(eles / elas / vocês) | | | Infinitive | | | | | | | | Impersonal | quitar | | | | | | | Personal | quitar | quitares | quitar | quitarmos | quitardes | quitarem | | Gerund | | | | | | | | | quitando | | | | | | | | Past participle | | | | | | | | Masculine | quitado | quitados | | | | | | Feminine | quitada | quitadas | | | | | | Indicative | | | | | | | | Present | quito | quitas | quita | quitamos | quitades, quitais | quitam | | Imperfect | quitava | quitavas | quitava | quitávamos | quitávades, quitáveis, _quitávais_1 | quitavam | | Preterite | quitei | quitaste, _quitache_1 | quitou | quitamos | quitastes | quitárom, quitaram | | Pluperfect | quitara | quitaras | quitara | quitáramos | quitárades, quitáreis, _quitárais_1 | quitaram | | Future | quitarei | quitarás | quitará | quitaremos | quitaredes, quitareis | quitarám, quitarão | | Conditional | quitaria | quitarias | quitaria | quitaríamos | quitaríades, quitaríeis, quitaríais1 | quitariam | | Subjunctive | | | | | | | | Present | quite | quites | quite | quitemos | quitedes, quiteis | quitem | | Imperfect | quitasse | quitasses | quitasse | quitássemos | quitássedes, quitásseis | quitassem | | Future | quitar | quitares | quitar | quitarmos | quitardes | quitarem | | Imperative | | | | | | | | Affirmative | | quita | quite | quitemos | quitade, quitai | quitem | | Negative (nom) | nom quites | nom quite | nom quitemos | nom quitedes, nom quiteis | nom quitem | |

quitar

  1. to quit

From Old Galician-Portuguese quitar, from Late Latin quiētāre (“acquit, discharge, release”), from Latin quiētāre; it may have come through Old French quitter, although this is uncertain.

quitar (first-person singular present quito, first-person singular preterite quitei, past participle quitado)

  1. to pay
  2. to settle, discharge (a debt)
    Antonym: cobrar

From English kit +‎ -ar.

quitar (first-person singular present quito, first-person singular preterite quitei, past participle quitado)

  1. (Portugal, colloquial) to engage in car tuning
    Synonym: tunar

From English quit +‎ -ar.

quitar (first-person singular present quito, first-person singular preterite quitei, past participle quitado)

  1. (Brazil, Internet slang) to quit (an online environment)

From Latin cōgitāre.

quitar

  1. (Sursilvan) to think, believe, reckon, have an opinion on

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.

quitar (first-person singular present quito, first-person singular preterite quité, past participle quitado)

  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
    ¡Quítenmelo! ― Get it off me!
  4. (transitive) to deprive of, to take away from (uses indirect object)
  5. (transitive, reflexive) to take off, to remove, to disrobe, to doff (as clothes or accoutrements)
    quitarse la mascarilla ― to take off the mask
  6. (reflexive) to be removed
  7. (reflexive) to get rid of (something belonging to oneself)
  8. (reflexive) to quit, give up (smoking etc)
    quitarse de fumar ― to stop smoking
  9. (reflexive) to move away, to get out of the way
    Synonym: quitarse del medio

Selected combined forms of quitar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

| | singular | plural | | | | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | | | | with infinitive quitar | dative | quitarme | quitarte | quitarle, quitarse | quitarnos | quitaros | quitarles, quitarse | | accusative | quitarme | quitarte | quitarlo, quitarla, quitarse | quitarnos | quitaros | quitarlos, quitarlas, quitarse | | | | | | | | | | | | with gerund quitando | dative | quitándome | quitándote | quitándole, quitándose | quitándonos | quitándoos | quitándoles, quitándose | | accusative | quitándome | quitándote | quitándolo, quitándola, quitándose | quitándonos | quitándoos | quitándolos, quitándolas, quitándose | | | | | | | | | | | | with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative quita | dative | quítame | quítate | quítale | quítanos | not used | quítales | | accusative | quítame | quítate | quítalo, quítala | quítanos | not used | quítalos, quítalas | | | | | | | | | | | | with informal second-person singular voseo imperative quitá | dative | quitame | quitate | quitale | quitanos | not used | quitales | | accusative | quitame | quitate | quitalo, quitala | quitanos | not used | quitalos, quitalas | | | | | | | | | | | | with formal second-person singular imperative quite | dative | quíteme | not used | quítele, quítese | quítenos | not used | quíteles | | accusative | quíteme | not used | quítelo, quítela, quítese | quítenos | not used | quítelos, quítelas | | | | | | | | | | | | with first-person plural imperative quitemos | dative | not used | quitémoste | quitémosle | quitémonos | quitémoos | quitémosles | | accusative | not used | quitémoste | quitémoslo, quitémosla | quitémonos | quitémoos | quitémoslos, quitémoslas | | | | | | | | | | | | with informal second-person plural imperative quitad | dative | quitadme | not used | quitadle | quitadnos | quitaos | quitadles | | accusative | quitadme | not used | quitadlo, quitadla | quitadnos | quitaos | quitadlos, quitadlas | | | | | | | | | | | | with formal second-person plural imperative quiten | dative | quítenme | not used | quítenle | quítennos | not used | quítenles, quítense | | accusative | quítenme | not used | quítenlo, quítenla | quítennos | not used | quítenlos, quítenlas, quítense | |