- quitarse
- quitarse► verbo pronominal1 (desaparecer) to go away, come out■ se me han quitado las ganas I don't feel like it any more■ esa mancha no se quita that stain won't come out2 quitarse de (del juego, bebida, etc) to give up■ se quitó de fumar she gave up smoking* * *1) to leave2) take off* * *VPR1) (=apartarse)
¡quítate de ahí!, ¡quítate de en medio! — get out of the way!
¡quítate de mi vista! — get out of my sight!
me quito — And * I'm off, I must be going
2) (=desaparecer) [dolor] to go, go away; [mancha] to come outesa mancha de vino no se quita — that wine stain won't come out
3) (=acabarse)se me quitan las ganas de ir — I don't feel like going now
se me quitaron las ganas de viajar — I no longer felt like travelling
4) (=sacarse)a) [+ ropa, zapatos] to take off; [+ barba] to shave; [+ lentillas] to take outquitarse años: te has quitado diez años (de encima) — you look ten years younger
no te quites años — don't lie about your age
quitarse la preocupación — to stop worrying
quitarse una muela — to have a tooth out
b)quitarse algo/a algn de encima — to get rid of sth/sb
¡ya me he quitado de encima el coche viejo! — at last I've got rid of the old car!
¡no me la puedo quitar de encima! — I can't get rid of her!
¡qué peso nos hemos quitado de encima! — what a relief!, that's a real weight off our minds!
5)• quitarse de (=dejar) —
quitarse de un vicio — to give up a bad habit
quitarse del tabaco — to give up smoking
quitémonos de tonterías — let's stop being silly
* * *(v.) = take off, doff, take offEx. Meek took her glasses off and twiddled them as her supervisor related the following incident.Ex. In the past, she's relied overly much on her ready laugh, lean looks, and willingness to doff her duds.Ex. Meek took her glasses off and twiddled them as her supervisor related the following incident.* * *(v.) = take off, doff, take offEx: Meek took her glasses off and twiddled them as her supervisor related the following incident.
Ex: In the past, she's relied overly much on her ready laugh, lean looks, and willingness to doff her duds.Ex: Meek took her glasses off and twiddled them as her supervisor related the following incident.* * *
■quitarse verbo reflexivo
1 (la ropa, las gafas, un postizo) to take off: quítate el sombrero, take your hat off
2 (apartarse, retirarse) to get out: quítate de ahí, get away from there
3 (un dolor) to go away
4 (mancha) to come out
5 (una costumbre, vicio) quitarse de (+ infinitivo), to give up: me quité de fumar, I gave up smoking
♦ Locuciones: quitarse a alguien de encima, to get rid of sb
'quitarse' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
alisarse
- peso
- sombrero
- venda
- vida
- año
- encima
- medio
- quitar
- sacar
- sacudir
English:
come off
- come out
- customary
- get off
- leave on
- pull off
- raise
- rub off
- shake off
- slip off
- take off
- throw off
- wash off
- wash out
- come
- grow
- leave
- palm
- rid
- shake
- slip
- take
- throw
- wear
- wriggle
- your
* * *vpr1. [apartarse] to get out of the way;¡quítate de en medio! get out of the way!2. [ropa, gafas, pendientes] to take off;quítese el abrigo take your coat off3. [librarse de] [fiebre, dolor, temores] to get rid of;no puedo quitármelo de la cabeza I can't get it out of my head;quitarse a alguien de encima o [m5]de en medio to get rid of sb4. [desaparecer] [sujeto: mancha] to come out;[sujeto: dolor, granos, sarpullido] to go away;no se le quita la fiebre her temperature won't go down;se me ha quitado el hambre I'm not hungry any more5. [dejar, abandonar]quitarse de algo [el tabaco, la bebida] to give sth up;me quité de fumar I gave up o stopped smoking6. Famquitarse de en medio [suicidarse] to kill oneself, Br to top oneself;quitarse la vida to take one's own life* * *quitarsev/r1 ropa, gafas take off2 (apartarse) get out of the way;quitarse algo/a alguien de encima get rid of s.th/s.o.;¡quítate de en medio! fam get out of the way!* * *vr1) : to withdraw, to leave2) : to take off (one's clothes)3)quitarse de : to give up (a habit)4)quitar de encima : to get rid of* * *quitarse vb (dejar) to give up [pt. gave; pp. given]se ha quitado de fumar he's given up smokingquitarse de encima to get rid ofno me quito de encima este resfriado I can't get rid of this cold¡quítate de en medio! get out of the way!
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.