eliminar
transitive verb
1 (hacer desaparecer) [+mancha, obstáculo] to remove; get rid of; [+residuos] to dispose of; [+pobreza] to eliminate; eradicate; [+posibilidad] to rule out
un detergente que elimina las manchas a washing powder that removes the stains; debemos eliminar la desigualdad entre los sexos we must eliminate sexual inequality; eliminar un directorio (Informática) to remove o delete a directory