# despedir
## Galician
### Etymology

From Latin de + expetere, from petere.

### Verb

despedir (first-person singular present despido, third-person singular present despide, first-person singular preterite despedín, past participle despedido) despedir (first-person singular present despido or despeço, first-person singular preterite despedim or despedi, past participle despedido, reintegrationist norm)
* (transitive) fire (terminate the employment of)
    Synonyms: dimitir, dispensar, exonerar, destituír
    Antonyms: contratar, empregar
* (reflexive) to say goodbye (to someone)
    Antonyms: saudar, cumprimentar

#### Usage notes

* (say goodbye): usually takes the pronoun se (i.e., used as a reflexive verb).

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

### Further reading

* “despedir”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
* “despedir” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

## Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* despidir (obsolete)
* dispidir (eye dialect)

### Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *deexpetere, from Latin dē- + expetō (“to desire, to strive for”), from petō (“to ask for, to seek”).

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /des.peˈd͡ʒi(ʁ)/ [des.peˈd͡ʒi(h)], /d͡ʒis.peˈd͡ʒi(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒis.peˈd͡ʒi(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /des.peˈd͡ʒi(ʁ)/ [des.peˈd͡ʒi(h)], /d͡ʒis.peˈd͡ʒi(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒis.peˈd͡ʒi(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /des.peˈd͡ʒi(ɾ)/, /d͡ʒis.peˈd͡ʒi(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /deʃ.peˈd͡ʒi(ʁ)/ [deʃ.peˈd͡ʒi(χ)], /d͡ʒiʃ.peˈd͡ʒi(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒiʃ.peˈd͡ʒi(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /des.peˈd͡ʒi(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /dɨʃ.pɨˈdiɾ/ [dɨʃ.pɨˈðiɾ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /dɨʃ.pɨˈdiɾ/ [dɨʃ.pɨˈðiɾ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /dɨʃ.pɨˈdi.ɾi/ [dɨʃ.pɨˈði.ɾi]
* Homophone: despedi (Brazil)
* Hyphenation: des‧pe‧dir

### Verb

despedir (first-person singular present despeço, first-person singular preterite despedi, past participle despedido)
* (transitive) fire (terminate the employment of)
    Synonyms: demitir, dispensar, exonerar, destituir
    Antonyms: contratar, empregar
* (reflexive) to say goodbye to someone
    Antonyms: saudar, cumprimentar
* (reflexive, reciprocal) to farewell (to bid farewell)
* to quit; to resign (to stop working a job)

#### Usage notes

* (say goodbye): usually takes the pronoun se (i.e., used as a reflexive verb).

#### Related terms

* despedida
* despedido
* despedimento

## Spanish
### Etymology

From Old Spanish espedir (“to ask to leave”), influenced by des-, from expetō (“to claim, to demand”), from petō (“to request, to seek”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /despeˈdiɾ/ [d̪es.peˈð̞iɾ]
* Rhymes: -iɾ
* Syllabification: des‧pe‧dir

### Verb

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

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

#### Derived terms

* despedirse
* despedirse a la francesa

### References

* Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN

### Further reading

* “despedir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10