jubilar
jubilarse
jubilarse(
hoo
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bee
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lahr
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seh
)A pronominal verb always uses a reflexive pronoun. (e.g. Te ves cansado.).
1. (to stop working)
El Sr. Blanco ya no trabaja aquí; se jubiló el año pasado.Mr. Blanco doesn't work here any more; he retired last year.
2. (to absent oneself) (Venezuela)
Regionalism used in Venezuela
a. to play hooky (colloquial) (United States)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
Regionalism used in the United States
Parece que la hija de los Talavera se jubilaba cada viernes.It seems that the Talaveras' daughter was playing hooky every Friday.
b. to play truant (United Kingdom)
Pedro se jubiló del colegio para ir a la playa.Pedro played truant from school to go to the seaside.
jubilar
A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g. I bought a book.).
3. (to oblige to stop working)
a. to retire
Cuando Diego se enfermó, lo jubiló su empresa.When Diego became ill, his company retired him.
b. to pension off
Lo jubilaron de la empresa a la edad de 55 años.The company pensioned him off at the age of 55.
c. to force into retirement
Tendrían que jubilar a este juez por su manifiesta incompetencia.This judge should be forced into retirement for his obvious incompetence.
4. (colloquial) (to discard)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
b. to throw out (colloquial)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
No te importa si jubilamos este osito de peluche, ¿verdad?You won't mind if we throw out this teddy bear, will you?
c. to ditch (colloquial)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
El carro hace ruidos raros. Creo que es hora de jubilarlo.The car's making strange noises. I think it may be time to ditch it.
d. to dump (colloquial)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
No sé por qué Pilar jubiló a su novio; es tan guapo y tan trabajador.I don't know why Pilar dumped her boyfriend; he's so handsome and hard-working.
jubilartransitive verbpronominal verb
A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g. I bought a book.).
1. (general)
a.
jubilar a alguien (de)to pension somebody off (from), to retire somebody (from)
A pronominal verb always uses a reflexive pronoun. (e.g. Te ves cansado.).
2. (general)
a. to retire
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Collins Complete Spanish Electronic Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
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