quito

See also: Quito and quitó

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈki.tu]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈki.to]

Verb

quito

1. first-person singular present indicative of quitar

Galician

Verb

quito

1. first-person singular present indicative of quitar

Latin

Etymology 1

From Old French quitter.

Alternative forms

• quittō

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈkʷɪ.toː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈkʷiː.to]

Verb

quitō (present infinitive quitāre, perfect active quitāvī, supine quitātum); first conjugation (Medieval Latin)

1. to release from an obligation
2. to give up one's claim to

Conjugation

   Conjugation of quitō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	quitō		quitās		quitat		quitāmus		quitātis		quitant
	imperfect	quitābam		quitābās		quitābat		quitābāmus		quitābātis		quitābant
	future	quitābō		quitābis		quitābit		quitābimus		quitābitis		quitābunt
	perfect	quitāvī		quitāvistī		quitāvit		quitāvimus		quitāvistis		quitāvērunt, quitāvēre
	pluperfect	quitāveram		quitāverās		quitāverat		quitāverāmus		quitāverātis		quitāverant
	future perfect	quitāverō		quitāveris		quitāverit		quitāverimus		quitāveritis		quitāverint
passive	present	quitor		quitāris, quitāre		quitātur		quitāmur		quitāminī		quitantur
	imperfect	quitābar		quitābāris, quitābāre		quitābātur		quitābāmur		quitābāminī		quitābantur
	future	quitābor		quitāberis, quitābere		quitābitur		quitābimur		quitābiminī		quitābuntur
	perfect	quitātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	quitātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	quitātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	quitem		quitēs		quitet		quitēmus		quitētis		quitent
	imperfect	quitārem		quitārēs		quitāret		quitārēmus		quitārētis		quitārent
	perfect	quitāverim		quitāverīs		quitāverit		quitāverīmus		quitāverītis		quitāverint
	pluperfect	quitāvissem		quitāvissēs		quitāvisset		quitāvissēmus		quitāvissētis		quitāvissent
passive	present	quiter		quitēris, quitēre		quitētur		quitēmur		quitēminī		quitentur
	imperfect	quitārer		quitārēris, quitārēre		quitārētur		quitārēmur		quitārēminī		quitārentur
	perfect	quitātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	quitātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		quitā		—		—		quitāte		—
	future	—		quitātō		quitātō		—		quitātōte		quitantō
passive	present	—		quitāre		—		—		quitāminī		—
	future	—		quitātor		quitātor		—		—		quitantor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		quitāre			quitārī			quitāns			—
future		quitātūrum esse			quitātum īrī			quitātūrus			quitandus
perfect		quitāvisse			quitātum esse			—			quitātus
future perfect		—			quitātum fore			—			—
perfect potential		quitātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		quitandī		quitandō		quitandum		quitandō		quitātum		quitātū

Further reading

• quito, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈkʷiː.toː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈkʷiː.to]

Verb

quītō

1. second/third-person singular future active imperative of queō

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈki.tu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈki.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈki.to/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈki.tu/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Kimbundu kitu.

Noun

quito m (plural quitos)

1. (Angola) a vessel to transport or store water

Etymology 2

From bocadito.

Noun

quito m (plural quitos)

1. (Portugal, informal) bit (a small amount of something)

   Queres um quito? ― Do you want a bit?

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

quito

1. first-person singular present indicative of quitar

Further reading

• “quito”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “quito”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkito/ [ˈki.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ito
• Syllabification: qui‧to

Adjective

quito (feminine quita, masculine plural quitos, feminine plural quitas)

1. exempt

   Synonym: exento

2. free

   Synonym: libre

Verb

quito

1. first-person singular present indicative of quitar

Further reading

• “quito”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025