despedir
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Portuguese[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin de + expetere, from petere.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /dɨʃ.pɨ.ˈðiɾ/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /des.pe.ˈd͡ʒi(ʁ)/
- (South Brazil) IPA(key): /des.pe.ˈd͡ʒi(ɻ)/
- Homophone: despedi (Brazil)
- Hyphenation: des‧pe‧dir
Verb[edit]
despedir (first-person singular present indicative despeço, past participle despedido)
- (transitive) fire (terminate the employment of)
- (reflexive) To say goodbye to someone.
- Antonyms: saudar, cumprimentar
Usage notes[edit]
- (say goodbye): usually takes the pronoun se (i.e., used as a reflexive verb).
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of the Portuguese -edir verb despedir
Related terms[edit]
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Spanish espedir (“to ask to leave”), influenced by des-, from expetō (“to claim, to demand”), from petō (“to request, to seek”).
Verb[edit]
despedir (first-person singular present despido, first-person singular preterite despedí, past participle despedido)
- to dismiss
- to fire from a job
- Está usted despedido.
- You're fired.
- (reflexive, with “de”) to say goodbye (to someone)
- Despídete de ellos.
- Say goodbye to them.
Conjugation[edit]
- Rule: e weakens to i in certain conjugations.
- 1 Mostly obsolete form, now mainly used in legal jargon.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
References[edit]
- “despedir” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
- Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN
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