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quitar (conjugate quitar) verbo transitivo 1 (apartar, retirar):◊ ¡quítalo de aquí! get it out of here!;quité la silla de en medio I got the chair out of the way; quita tus cosas de mi escritorio take your things off my desk; quitar la mesa (Esp) to clear the table; ¡quítame las manos de encima! take your hands off me!; no le puedo quitar la tapa I can't get the top off; le quitó los zapatos she took his shoes off 2 (+ me/te/le etc)a) (de las manos):◊ le quitó la pistola al ladrón he got o took the gun off the thief;le quité el cuchillo I took the knife (away) from herb) (privar de) ‹pasaporte/carnet de conducir› to take awayc) ‹cartera/dinero› to take, steal;‹asiento/lugar› to take 3 (restar) (+ me/te/le etc):◊ me quita mucho tiempo it takes up a lot of my time;quitarle años a algn to take years off sb; quitarle importancia a algo to play sth down; le quita valor it detracts from its value 4 (hacer desaparecer) ‹mancha› to remove, get … out; ‹dolor› to relieve, get rid of; ‹sed› to quench; ‹apetito› to take away; (+ me/te/le etc)◊ eso te quitará el hambre that will stop you feeling hungry;hay que quitarle esa idea de la cabeza we must get that idea out of his head 5◊ quitando (ger) (fam) except forverbo intransitivo 1 (Esp fam):◊ ¡quita (de ahí)! get out of the way!2 (en locs)◊ de quita y pon ‹funda/etiqueta› removable;eso no quita que … that doesn't mean that … quitarse verbo pronominal 1 (desaparecer) [mancha] to come out; [dolor] to go (away);◊ ya se me quitaron las ganas I don't feel like it any more2 (apartarse, retirarse) to get out of the way;◊ ¡quítate de mi vista! get out of my sight!3 (refl)a) ‹prenda/alhaja/maquillaje› to take offb) ‹dolor/resfriado› to get rid of;‹miedo› to overcome, get over;◊ se quita la edad she lies about her age;quitarse algo/a algn de encima to get rid of sth/sb
quitar
I verbo transitivo
1 (retirar, separar) to remove: quita todas esas cajas de aquí, get all those boxes out of here
quitar la mesa, to clear the table
2 (ropa, gafas, etc) to take off
3 (eliminar) (la sed) to quench (el hambre) to take away: el té me quita el sueño, tea keeps me awake
4 (una mancha) to remove, get out
5 (el dolor) to relieve
6 (arrebatar, privar de) le quitó el lápiz, he took the pencil away from him
nos quitaron el asiento, they took our seats (robar) to steal
7 Mat (restar) to substract figurado quitar importancia a algo, to play sthg down figurado quitar las ganas a alguien, to put sb off figurado le quita mucho tiempo, it takes up a lot of her time
II verbo intransitivo ¡quita!, get away Locuciones: de quita y pon, removable fam (excepción hecha de) quitando, except for 'quitar' also found in these entries: Spanish: aclarar - aligerar - allanar - careta - desenmascarar - desollar - despejar - despepitar - despintar - despuntar - hipo - restar - sueño - truco - alisar - arrebatar - aspereza - coger - cortar - desarmar - descuidar - espabilar - espátula - mancha - manchar - minimizar - polvo - retirar - sacar - soplete English: bleach - bone - brush off - clear - clear away - clutter - de-ice - discourage - dust - fillet - flick - from - get off - get out - graffiti - mess - peel off - play down - pull off - push off - removable - remove - scrub away - scrub off - shift - snatch - spoil - strip - strip off - sweat off - table - take - take away - take off - take out - trim - upstage - wash away - wash off - wash out - whatsit - whip off - wipe off - wrestle - brush - clean - detach - detachable - dull - get
English-spanish dictionary. 2013.