quit

quit
kwit
past tense, past participles - quitted, quit; verb
(to leave, stop, or resign from etc: I'm going to quit teaching; They have been ordered to quit the house by next week.) abandonar
quit vb dejar de
he tried to quit smoking intentó dejar de fumar
El pasado y participio pasado de quit se escriben quitted; el gerundio se escribe quitting
quit
tr[kwɪt]
transitive verb (pt & pp quit, ger quitting)
1 dejar, abandonar
he quit his job dejó el trabajo
2 (stop) dejar de
she quit smoking dejó de fumar
intransitive verb
1 marcharse, irse
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SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL
to be quits estar iguales, estar en paz
to call it quits hacer las paces, estar en paz
quit ['kwɪt] v, quit ; quitting vt
: dejar, abandonar
to quit smoking: dejar de fumar
quit vi
1) stop: parar
2) resign: dimitir, renunciar
quit
adj.
absuelto, -a adj.
pret., p.p.
(Preterito definido y participio pasivo de "to quit")
v.
(§ p.,p.p.: quit) = abandonar v.
cesar v.
dejar v.
dejar de v.
desocupar v.
pararse v.

I
1. kwɪt
(pres p quitting; past & past p quit or quitted) transitive verb
a) (give up) (esp AmE) \<\<job/habit\>\> dejar; \<\<contest\>\> abandonar

quit it! — para ya!, basta ya!, terminala! (RPl fam), córtala (Chi fam)

to quit -ING — dejar de + inf

quit talking and listen! — deja de hablar y escucha!

b) (leave) \<\<premises/town\>\> dejar, irse* or (esp Esp) marcharse de

2.
vi
a) (stop) (esp AmE) parar

quit while you're ahead — (set phrase) retírate ahora que vas ganando

I quit! — me voy!; (from job) yo renuncio!

b) (give in) abandonar
c) (leave)

notice to quit — notificación f de desahucio or desalojo


II
adjective (AmE)

to be quit OF somebody/something — haberse* librado de alguien/algo

[kwɪt] (pt, pp quit, quitted)
1. VT
1) (=cease)

to quit doing sth — (esp US) dejar de hacer algo

to quit work — (during job) suspender el trabajo, dejar de trabajar; (at end of day) salir del trabajo

quit stalling! — (esp US) * ¡déjate de evasivas!

quit fooling! — ¡déjate de tonterías!

2) (=leave) [+ place] abandonar, salir de; [+ premises] desocupar; (Comput) [+ application] abandonar

to quit one's job — dejar el trabajo, renunciar a su puesto

2.
VI (esp US) (=go away) irse, marcharse; (=resign) dimitir, renunciar; (=stop work) suspender el trabajo, dejar de trabajar; (=give up) (in game, task) abandonar; (Comput) terminar, abandonar

I quit! — ¡lo dejo!; (from job) ¡renuncio!

I've been given notice to quit — he recibido una notificación de desahucio

3.
ADJ

to be quit of sth/sb — haberse librado de algo/algn

* * *

I
1. [kwɪt]
(pres p quitting; past & past p quit or quitted) transitive verb
a) (give up) (esp AmE) \<\<job/habit\>\> dejar; \<\<contest\>\> abandonar

quit it! — para ya!, basta ya!, terminala! (RPl fam), córtala (Chi fam)

to quit -ING — dejar de + inf

quit talking and listen! — deja de hablar y escucha!

b) (leave) \<\<premises/town\>\> dejar, irse* or (esp Esp) marcharse de

2.
vi
a) (stop) (esp AmE) parar

quit while you're ahead — (set phrase) retírate ahora que vas ganando

I quit! — me voy!; (from job) yo renuncio!

b) (give in) abandonar
c) (leave)

notice to quit — notificación f de desahucio or desalojo


II
adjective (AmE)

to be quit OF somebody/something — haberse* librado de alguien/algo


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