quitar

Asturian

Verb

quitar

1. to get rid of
2. to take off; to turn off
3. to give up; to quit
4. to take away

Conjugation

Conjugation of quitar

infinitive		quitar
gerund		quitando
past participle		m quitáu, f quitada, n quitao, m pl quitaos, f pl quitaes
person		first singular yo	second singular tu	third singular él/elli	first plural nosotros/nós	second plural vosotros/vós	third plural ellos
indicative	present	quito	quites	quita	quitamos	quitáis	quiten
	imperfect	quitaba	quitabes	quitaba	quitábemos, quitábamos	quitabeis, quitabais	quitaben
	preterite	quité	quitasti, quitesti	quitó	quitemos	quitastis, quitestis	quitaron
	pluperfect	quitare, quitara	quitares, quitaras	quitare, quitara	quitáremos, quitáramos	quitareis, quitarais	quitaren, quitaran
	future	quitaré	quitarás	quitará	quitaremos	quitaréis	quitarán
	conditional	quitaría	quitaríes	quitaría	quitaríemos, quitaríamos	quitaríeis, quitaríais	quitaríen
subjunctive	present	quite	quites, quitas	quite	quitemos	quitéis	quiten, quitan
	imperfect	quitare, quitara	quitares, quitaras	quitare, quitara	quitáremos, quitáramos	quitareis, quitarais	quitaren, quitaran
imperative		—	quita	—	—	quitái	—

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [kiˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [kiˈtaɾ]

Verb

quitar (first-person singular present quito, first-person singular preterite quití, 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)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of quitar (first conjugation)

infinitive			quitar
gerund			quitant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		quitat		quitada
		plural		quitats		quitades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	quito	quites	quita	quitem	quiteu	quiten
	imperfect	quitava	quitaves	quitava	quitàvem	quitàveu	quitaven
	future	quitaré	quitaràs	quitarà	quitarem	quitareu	quitaran
	preterite	quití	quitares	quità	quitàrem	quitàreu	quitaren
	conditional	quitaria	quitaries	quitaria	quitaríem	quitaríeu	quitarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	quiti	quitis	quiti	quitem	quiteu	quitin
	imperfect	quités	quitessis	quités	quitéssim	quitéssiu	quitessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	quita	quiti	quitem	quiteu	quitin
	negative (no)	—	no quitis	no quiti	no quitem	no quiteu	no quitin

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)

1. to remove

Conjugation

    Conjugation of quitar

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	quitar
Personal	quitar	quitares	quitar	quitarmos	quitardes	quitaren
Gerund
	quitando
Past participle
Masculine	quitado			quitados
Feminine	quitada			quitadas
Indicative
Present	quito	quitas	quita	quitamos	quitades	quitan
Imperfect	quitaba	quitabas	quitaba	quitabamos	quitabades	quitaban
Preterite	quitei	quitaches	quitou	quitamos	quitastes	quitaron
Pluperfect	quitara	quitaras	quitara	quitaramos	quitarades	quitaran
Future	quitarei	quitarás	quitará	quitaremos	quitaredes	quitarán
Conditional	quitaría	quitarías	quitaría	quitariamos	quitariades	quitarían
Subjunctive
Present	quite	quites	quite	quitemos	quitedes	quiten
Imperfect	quitase	quitases	quitase	quitásemos	quitásedes	quitasen
Future	quitar	quitares	quitar	quitarmos	quitardes	quitaren
Imperative
Affirmative		quita	quite	quitemos	quitade	quiten
Negative (non)		non quites	non quite	non quitemos	non quitedes	non quiten

    Reintegrated conjugation of quitar (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	quitar
Personal	quitar	quitares	quitar	quitarmos	quitardes	quitarem
Gerund
	quitando
Past participle
Masculine	quitado			quitados
Feminine	quitada			quitadas
Indicative
Present	quito	quitas	quita	quitamos	quitades, quitais	quitam
Imperfect	quitava	quitavas	quitava	quitávamos	quitávades, quitáveis, quitávais1	quitavam
Preterite	quitei	quitaste, quitache1	quitou	quitamos	quitastes	quitárom, quitaram
Pluperfect	quitara	quitaras	quitara	quitáramos	quitárades, quitáreis, quitárais1	quitaram
Future	quitarei	quitarás	quitará	quitaremos	quitaredes, quitareis	quitarám, quitarão
Conditional	quitaria	quitarias	quitaria	quitaríamos	quitaríades, quitaríeis, quitaríais1	quitariam
Subjunctive
Present	quite	quites	quite	quitemos	quitedes, quiteis	quitem
Imperfect	quitasse	quitasses	quitasse	quitássemos	quitássedes, quitásseis	quitassem
Future	quitar	quitares	quitar	quitarmos	quitardes	quitarem
Imperative
Affirmative		quita	quite	quitemos	quitade, quitai	quitem
Negative (nom)		nom quites	nom quite	nom quitemos	nom quitedes, nom quiteis	nom quitem

¹Less 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

1. to quit

Conjugation

    Conjugation of quitar

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

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kiˈta(ʁ)/ [kiˈta(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kiˈta(ʁ)/ [kiˈta(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /kiˈta(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /kiˈta(ʁ)/ [kiˈta(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kiˈta(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kiˈtaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kiˈtaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /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)

1. to pay
2. to settle, discharge (a debt)

   Antonym: cobrar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of quitar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	quitar
Personal	quitar	quitares	quitar	quitarmos	quitardes	quitarem
Gerund
	quitando
Past participle
Masculine	quitado			quitados
Feminine	quitada			quitadas
Indicative
Present	quito	quitas	quita	quitamos	quitais	quitam
Imperfect	quitava	quitavas	quitava	quitávamos	quitáveis	quitavam
Preterite	quitei	quitaste	quitou	quitamos1, quitámos2	quitastes	quitaram
Pluperfect	quitara	quitaras	quitara	quitáramos	quitáreis	quitaram
Future	quitarei	quitarás	quitará	quitaremos	quitareis	quitarão
Conditional	quitaria	quitarias	quitaria	quitaríamos	quitaríeis	quitariam
Subjunctive
Present	quite	quites	quite	quitemos	quiteis	quitem
Imperfect	quitasse	quitasses	quitasse	quitássemos	quitásseis	quitassem
Future	quitar	quitares	quitar	quitarmos	quitardes	quitarem
Imperative
Affirmative		quita	quite	quitemos	quitai	quitem
Negative (não)		não quites	não quite	não quitemos	não quiteis	não quitem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Etymology 2

From English kit +‎ -ar.

Verb

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

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

   Synonym: tunar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of quitar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	quitar
Personal	quitar	quitares	quitar	quitarmos	quitardes	quitarem
Gerund
	quitando
Past participle
Masculine	quitado			quitados
Feminine	quitada			quitadas
Indicative
Present	quito	quitas	quita	quitamos	quitais	quitam
Imperfect	quitava	quitavas	quitava	quitávamos	quitáveis	quitavam
Preterite	quitei	quitaste	quitou	quitamos1, quitámos2	quitastes	quitaram
Pluperfect	quitara	quitaras	quitara	quitáramos	quitáreis	quitaram
Future	quitarei	quitarás	quitará	quitaremos	quitareis	quitarão
Conditional	quitaria	quitarias	quitaria	quitaríamos	quitaríeis	quitariam
Subjunctive
Present	quite	quites	quite	quitemos	quiteis	quitem
Imperfect	quitasse	quitasses	quitasse	quitássemos	quitásseis	quitassem
Future	quitar	quitares	quitar	quitarmos	quitardes	quitarem
Imperative
Affirmative		quita	quite	quitemos	quitai	quitem
Negative (não)		não quites	não quite	não quitemos	não quiteis	não quitem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Etymology 3

From English quit +‎ -ar.

Verb

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

1. (Brazil, Internet slang) to quit (an online environment)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of quitar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	quitar
Personal	quitar	quitares	quitar	quitarmos	quitardes	quitarem
Gerund
	quitando
Past participle
Masculine	quitado			quitados
Feminine	quitada			quitadas
Indicative
Present	quito	quitas	quita	quitamos	quitais	quitam
Imperfect	quitava	quitavas	quitava	quitávamos	quitáveis	quitavam
Preterite	quitei	quitaste	quitou	quitamos1, quitámos2	quitastes	quitaram
Pluperfect	quitara	quitaras	quitara	quitáramos	quitáreis	quitaram
Future	quitarei	quitarás	quitará	quitaremos	quitareis	quitarão
Conditional	quitaria	quitarias	quitaria	quitaríamos	quitaríeis	quitariam
Subjunctive
Present	quite	quites	quite	quitemos	quiteis	quitem
Imperfect	quitasse	quitasses	quitasse	quitássemos	quitásseis	quitassem
Future	quitar	quitares	quitar	quitarmos	quitardes	quitarem
Imperative
Affirmative		quita	quite	quitemos	quitai	quitem
Negative (não)		não quites	não quite	não quitemos	não quiteis	não quitem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Romansch

Etymology

From Latin cōgitāre.

Verb

quitar

1. (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^(key): /kiˈtaɾ/ [kiˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: qui‧tar

Verb

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

1. (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
2. (transitive) to get rid of
3. (transitive) to get off

   ¡Quitádmelo! ― Get it off me!

4. (transitive) to deprive of, to take away from (uses indirect object)
5. (transitive, reflexive) to take off, to remove, to disrobe, to doff (as clothes or accoutrements)

   quitarse la mascarilla ― to take off the mask

6. (reflexive) to be removed
7. (reflexive) to get rid of (something belonging to oneself)
8. (reflexive) to quit, give up (smoking etc)

   quitarse de fumar ― to stop smoking

9. (reflexive) to move away, to get out of the way

   Synonym: quitarse del medio

Conjugation

    Conjugation of quitar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			quitar
gerund			quitando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		quitado		quitada
		plural		quitados		quitadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	quito	quitastú quitásvos	quita	quitamos	quitáis	quitan
	imperfect	quitaba	quitabas	quitaba	quitábamos	quitabais	quitaban
	preterite	quité	quitaste	quitó	quitamos	quitasteis	quitaron
	future	quitaré	quitarás	quitará	quitaremos	quitaréis	quitarán
	conditional	quitaría	quitarías	quitaría	quitaríamos	quitaríais	quitarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	quite	quitestú quitésvos2	quite	quitemos	quitéis	quiten
	imperfect (ra)	quitara	quitaras	quitara	quitáramos	quitarais	quitaran
	imperfect (se)	quitase	quitases	quitase	quitásemos	quitaseis	quitasen
	future1	quitare	quitares	quitare	quitáremos	quitareis	quitaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		quitatú quitávos	quite	quitemos	quitad	quiten
	negative		no quites	no quite	no quitemos	no quitéis	no quiten

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of quitar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive quitar	dative	quitarme	quitarte	quitarle, quitarse	quitarnos	quitaros	quitarles, quitarse
	accusative	quitarme	quitarte	quitarlo, quitarla, quitarse	quitarnos	quitaros	quitarlos, quitarlas, quitarse
with gerund quitando	dative	quitándome	quitándote	quitándole, quitándose	quitándonos	quitándoos	quitándoles, quitándose
	accusative	quitándome	quitándote	quitándolo, quitándola, quitándose	quitándonos	quitándoos	quitándolos, quitándolas, quitándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative quita	dative	quítame	quítate	quítale	quítanos	not used	quítales
	accusative	quítame	quítate	quítalo, quítala	quítanos	not used	quítalos, quítalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative quitá	dative	quitame	quitate	quitale	quitanos	not used	quitales
	accusative	quitame	quitate	quitalo, quitala	quitanos	not used	quitalos, quitalas
with formal second-person singular imperative quite	dative	quíteme	not used	quítele, quítese	quítenos	not used	quíteles
	accusative	quíteme	not used	quítelo, quítela, quítese	quítenos	not used	quítelos, quítelas
with first-person plural imperative quitemos	dative	not used	quitémoste	quitémosle	quitémonos	quitémoos	quitémosles
	accusative	not used	quitémoste	quitémoslo, quitémosla	quitémonos	quitémoos	quitémoslos, quitémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative quitad	dative	quitadme	not used	quitadle	quitadnos	quitaos	quitadles
	accusative	quitadme	not used	quitadlo, quitadla	quitadnos	quitaos	quitadlos, quitadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative quiten	dative	quítenme	not used	quítenle	quítennos	not used	quítenles, quítense
	accusative	quítenme	not used	quítenlo, quítenla	quítennos	not used	quítenlos, quítenlas, quítense

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