quitar

Spanish

verb
Definitions
  • (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
  • (transitive) to take off, to remove, to disrobe, to doff (as clothes or accoutrements) reflexive when action is done to oneself
  • (reflexive) to be removed
  • (reflexive) to get rid of something belonging to oneself
  • (reflexive) to quit, give up smoking etc

Etymology

Derived from Latin quitāre, quieto, quietāre, quietō, quietus.

Origin

Latin

quietus

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