quitar

Asturian

Verb

quitar

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

Conjugation

Conjugation of quitar

infinitive		quitar
gerund		quitando
past participle		m quitáu, f quitada, n quitao, m pl quitaos, f pl quitaes
person		first singular yo	second singular tu	third singular él/elli	first plural nosotros/nós	second plural vosotros/vós	third plural ellos
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	—

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [kiˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [kiˈtaɾ]

Verb

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)

Related terms

• quiti

Further reading

• “quitar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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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

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

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Interlingua

Verb

quitar

1. to quit

Conjugation

    Conjugation of quitar

infinitive		quitar
participle		present	perfect
		quitante	quitate
active		simple	perfect
	present	quita	ha quitate
	past	quitava	habeva quitate
	future	quitara	habera quitate
	conditional	quitarea	haberea quitate
	imperative	quita
passive		simple	perfect
	present	es quitate	ha essite quitate
	past	esseva quitate	habeva essite quitate
	future	essera quitate	habera essite quitate
	conditional	esserea quitate	haberea essite quitate
	imperative	sia quitate

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kiˈta(ʁ)/ [kiˈta(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kiˈta(ʁ)/ [kiˈta(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /kiˈta(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /kiˈta(ʁ)/ [kiˈta(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kiˈta(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kiˈtaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kiˈtaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kiˈta.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: qui‧tar

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-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

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

   Antonym: cobrar

Etymology 2

From English kit +‎ -ar.

Verb

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

   Synonym: tunar

Etymology 3

Borrowed from English quit +‎ -ar.

Verb

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

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Romansch

Etymology

From Latin cōgitāre, present active infinitive of cōgitō.

Verb

quitar

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

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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 English quiet and quit and 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, 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

   ¡Quitádmelo! ― 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

Conjugation

    Conjugation of quitar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

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

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    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 tú 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 vos 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

Derived terms

• a calzón quitado
• de quita y pon
• lo cortés no quita lo valiente
• por un quítame allá
• quién quita
• quitaesmalte
• quitamanchas
• quitamiedos
• quitanieves
• quitapinturas
• quitar hierro
• quitarle importancia (“to downplay, to play down; to de-emphasize”)
• quitarle la vida (“to take somebody's life”)
• quitarse
• quitarse de encima (“to shake off, to throw off”)
• quitarse la vida (“to take one's own life”)
• quitarse un peso de encima
• quitavidas

 

Further reading

• “quitar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014