quitar

Catalan

Pronunciation

Verb

quitar (first-person singular present quito, 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)

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Galician

Etymology

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

Verb

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

  1. to remove
  2. first-person and third-person singular future subjunctive of quitar
  3. first-person and third-person singular personal infinitive of quitar

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Interlingua

Verb

quitar

  1. to quit

Conjugation

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ki.ˈtaɾ/
  • Hyphenation: qui‧tar

Etymology 1

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

Verb

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

  1. to pay
  2. to settle, discharge (a debt)
  3. (Internet slang) to quit (an online room)
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Etymology 2

From English kit + -ar.

Verb

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

  1. (Portugal, colloquial) to engage in car tuning
Conjugation
Synonyms
  • (engage in car tuning): tunar

Romansch

Etymology

From Latin cōgitāre, present active infinitive of cōgitō.

Verb

quitar

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

Spanish

Etymology

Probably a semi-learned derivation from Medieval Latin quitāre (“release, discharge, set free”) from Late Latin quietō, quietāre, or from Latin quietus (through an Old Spanish adjective quito, with an abnormal phonological evolution). Compare French quitter. See also Spanish quedar and quietar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kiˈtaɾ/, [kiˈt̪aɾ]

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To remove
  2. (transitive) To get rid of
  3. (transitive) To take off (as clothes)
  4. (transitive) To get off
    ¡Quitádmelo!
    Get it off me!
  5. (reflexive) To leave
  6. (reflexive) To disrobe

Conjugation

        Conjugation of quitar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)edit data
    infinitive quitar
    gerund quitando
    past participle masculine feminine
    singular quitado quitada
    plural quitados quitadas
    singular plural
    1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
    indicative yo tú
    vos    		 él/ella/ello
    usted    		 nosotros
    nosotras    		 vosotros
    vosotras    		 ellos/ellas
    ustedes
    present quito quitastú
    quitásvos    		 quita quitamos quitáis quitan
    imperfect quitaba quitabas quitaba quitábamos quitabais quitaban
    preterite quité quitaste quitó quitamos quitasteis quitaron
    future quitaré quitarás quitará quitaremos quitaréis quitarán
    conditional quitaría quitarías quitaría quitaríamos quitaríais quitarían
    subjunctive yo tú
    vos    		 él/ella/ello
    usted    		 nosotros
    nosotras    		 vosotros
    vosotras    		 ellos/ellas
    ustedes
    present quite quitestú
    quitésvos2    		 quite quitemos quitéis quiten
    imperfect
    (ra)    		 quitara quitaras quitara quitáramos quitarais quitaran
    imperfect
    (se)    		 quitase quitases quitase quitásemos quitaseis quitasen
    future1 quitare quitares quitare quitáremos quitareis quitaren
    imperative — tú
    vos    		 usted nosotros
    nosotras    		 vosotros
    vosotras    		 ustedes
    affirmative quitatú
    quitávos    		 quite quitemos quitad quiten
    negative no quites no quite no quitemos no quitéis no quiten
    • 1 Mostly obsolete form, now mainly used in legal jargon.
    • 2 Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
          Selected combined forms of quitaredit data

      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 imperative quita
      dative quítame quítate quítale quítanos not used quítales
      accusative quítame quítate quítalo, quítala quítanos not used quítalos, quítalas
      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

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