quitar

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /kiˈta/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /kiˈtaɾ/

quitar (first-person singular present quito, 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)

• quiti

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

Probably a semi-learned term derived from Medieval Latin quitāre (“release, discharge, set free”) < Late Latin quietō, quietāre, or from Latin quietus.

quitar (first-person singular present quito, first-person singular preterite quitei, past participle quitado)

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

quitar

1. to quit

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ki.ˈtaɾ/
• Hyphenation: qui‧tar

From Old 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.

quitar (first-person singular present indicative quito, past participle quitado)

1. to pay
2. to settle, discharge (a debt)
3. (Internet slang) to quit (an online room)

• (discharge): cobrar

From English kit + -ar.

quitar (first-person singular present indicative quito, past participle quitado)

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

• (engage in car tuning): tunar

From Latin cōgitāre, present active infinitive of cōgitō.

quitar

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

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 French quitter. See also Spanish quedar and quietar.

• IPA^(key): /kiˈtaɾ/, [kiˈt̪aɾ]

quitar (first-person singular present quito, first-person singular preterite quité, past participle quitado)

1. (transitive) To remove
2. (transitive) To get rid of
3. (transitive) To take off (as clothes)
4. (transitive) To get off

   ¡Quitádmelo!

   Get it off me!

5. (reflexive) To leave
6. (reflexive) To disrobe

• quitanieves
• quitarse

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