# quitar
## Asturian
### Verb

quitar
* to get rid of
* to take off; to turn off
* to give up; to quit
* to take away

#### Conjugation
## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [kiˈta]
* IPA: (Valencia) [kiˈtaɾ]

### Verb

quitar (first-person singular present quito, first-person singular preterite quití, past participle quitat)
* to absolve; to release (to pronounce free from a penalty, blame, or guilt)
* to compensate (to pay or reward someone in exchange for work done)

#### Related terms

* quiti

### Further reading

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

## Galician
### Etymology

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

### Verb

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

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

### Further reading

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

## Interlingua
### Verb

quitar
* to quit

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | quitar | quitar |
| participle | participle | present | perfect |
| participle | participle | quitante | quitate |
| active | | simple | perfect |
| active | present | quita | ha quitate |
| active | past | quitava | habeva quitate |
| active | future | quitara | habera quitate |
| active | conditional | quitarea | haberea quitate |
| active | imperative | quita | |
| passive | | simple | perfect |
| passive | present | es quitate | ha essite quitate |
| passive | past | esseva quitate | habeva essite quitate |
| passive | future | essera quitate | habera essite quitate |
| passive | conditional | esserea quitate | haberea essite quitate |
| passive | imperative | sia quitate | |

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /kiˈta(ʁ)/ [kiˈta(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /kiˈta(ʁ)/ [kiˈta(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /kiˈta(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /kiˈta(ʁ)/ [kiˈta(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /kiˈta(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /kiˈtaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /kiˈtaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /kiˈta.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: qui‧tar

### Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese quitar, from Late Latin quiētāre (“acquit, discharge, release”), from Latin quiētāre; it may have come through Old French quitter, although this is uncertain.

#### Verb

quitar (first-person singular present quito, first-person singular preterite quitei, past participle quitado)
* to pay
* to settle, discharge (a debt)
    Antonym: cobrar

##### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

### Etymology 2

From English kit +‎ -ar.

#### Verb

quitar (first-person singular present quito, first-person singular preterite quitei, past participle quitado)
* (Portugal, colloquial) to engage in car tuning
    Synonym: tunar

##### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

### Etymology 3

From English quit +‎ -ar.

#### Verb

quitar (first-person singular present quito, first-person singular preterite quitei, past participle quitado)
* (Brazil, Internet slang) to quit (an online environment)

##### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

## Romansch
### Etymology

From Latin cōgitāre.

### Verb

quitar
* (Sursilvan) to think, believe, reckon, have an opinion on

## Spanish
### Etymology

Probably a semi-learned derivation from Medieval Latin quitāre (“release, discharge, set free”) from Late Latin quietāre, or from Latin quietus (through an Old Spanish adjective quito, with an abnormal phonological evolution). Compare English quiet and quit and French quitter. See also Spanish quedar and quietar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kiˈtaɾ/ [kiˈt̪aɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: qui‧tar

### Verb

quitar (first-person singular present quito, first-person singular preterite quité, past participle quitado)
* (transitive) to remove, to take away, to take down, to take off, to pull off, to pull out, to clear, to clear away, to strip, to strip away
* (transitive) to get rid of
* (transitive) to get off
    ¡Quitádmelo! ― Get it off me!
* (transitive) to deprive of, to take away from (uses indirect object)
* (transitive, reflexive) to take off, to remove, to disrobe, to doff (as clothes or accoutrements)
    quitarse la mascarilla ― to take off the mask
* (reflexive) to be removed
* (reflexive) to get rid of (something belonging to oneself)
* (reflexive) to quit, give up (smoking etc)
    quitarse de fumar ― to stop smoking
* (reflexive) to move away, to get out of the way
    Synonym: quitarse del medio

#### 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

* a calzón quitado
* censo al quitar
* de quita y pon
* herrar o quitar el banco
* ignorancia no quita pecado
* lo cortés no quita lo valiente
* no quitar ojo
* por quítame allá esas pajas
* por un quítame allá
* quién quita
* quitaesmalte
* quitamanchas
* quitamiedos
* quitanieves
* quitapinturas
* quitar el hojaldre al pastel
* quitar hierro
* quitar la cabeza
* quitar la cara
* quitar la teta
* quitarle importancia (“to downplay, to play down; to de-emphasize”)
* quitarle la vida (“to take somebody's life”)
* quitarse
* quitarse de cuentos
* quitarse de encima (“to shake off, to throw off”)
* quitarse el sombrero
* quitarse la vida (“to take one's own life”)
* quitarse un peso de encima
* quitavidas
* reír a casquillo quitado
* sin quitar ni poner
* un quítame allá esas pajas
* vender al quitar

### Further reading

* “quitar”, 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