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A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g. I bought a book.).
transitive verb 1. (to stop)
a. dejar Can you quit that and help me with dinner? ¿Podrías dejar eso y ayudarme con la cena?
b. dejar de I have just quit smoking. Acabo de dejar de fumar.
c. abandonar I quit the bad habits of my youth many years ago. Abandoné todas las malas costumbres de la juventud hace muchos años.
2. (to resign from)
a. renunciar a I quit my job because I couldn't stand my boss. Renuncié a mi trabajo porque no soportaba al jefe.
b. dejar My sister quit her job due to stress. Mi hermana dejó el trabajo por el estrés.
c. dimitir de Jorge quit his post as team coordinator. Jorge dimitió de su cargo como coordinador del equipo.
3. (computing)
a. abandonar You should quit that program and restart your computer. Debes abandonar ese programa y reiniciar tu computadora.
b. cerrar If the image is frozen, you'll have to quit YouTube and start again. Si se congeló la imagen, tendrás que cerrar YouTube y empezar de nuevo.
c. salir de Quit that program and we'll see if we can't find the cause of the problem. Sal de ese programa y vemos si no podemos encontrar la causa del problema.
4.
A word or phrase used to refer to the second person formal “usted” by their conjugation or implied context (e.g., usted).
(formal) (to leave) a. dejar We quit the house at noon yesterday. Dejamos la casa ayer al mediodía.
b. abandonar They say the king quit his wife because he wanted a male heir. Dicen que el rey abandonó a su esposa porque quería un heredero varón.
An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g. The man sneezed.).
intransitive verb 5. (to stop)
a. parar I knew that if I quit, I would be letting a lot of people down. Sabía que si paraba, iba a decepcionar a mucha gente.
b. dejar You can always quit for a while. Siempre puedes dejarlo un rato.
6. (to resign)
a. renunciar You can't just quit like that. No puedes simplemente renunciar así.
b. dimitir You can stick this job. I quit! Ya sabes donde puedes meter el trabajo. ¡Yo dimito!
7. (computing)
a. salir Press F3 to quit without saving. Pulse F3 para salir sin guardar los cambios.
8. (to give up)
a. rendirse I want to quit. - I know, but remember that we all go through bad patches. Me quiero rendir. - Ya sé, pero recuerda que todos pasamos por rachas malas.
b. abandonarse Don't quit! I know you can do it. ¡No te abandones! Sé que lo puedes hacer.
An adjective is a word that describes a noun (e.g. the big dog).
adjective 9. (free)
Regionalism used in the United States
(United States) a. libre He was finally quit of his obligation. Por fin estaba libre de su obligación.
An interjection is a short utterance that expresses emotion, hesitation, or protest (e.g. Wow!).
interjection 10. (used to express annoyance)
a. ¡basta! Quit right now! I can't take that noise anymore. ¡Basta ya! Ya no soporto ese ruido.
b. ¡para ya!
A word or phrase used to refer to the second person informal “tú” by their conjugation or implied context (e.g., How are you?).
(informal) (singular) Didn't you hear me the first time? Quit it, will you? ¿No me escuchaste la primera vez? ¡Para eso ya, por favor!
c. ¡paren ya! (plural) Quit messing around! ¡Paren ya de hacer el tonto!
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A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g. I bought a book.).
transitive verb 2. (computers)
a. salir de to quit one's job dejar el trabajo
to quit doing something dejar de hacer algo
An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g. The man sneezed.).
intransitive verb
An adjective is a word that describes a noun (e.g. the big dog).
adjective 6. (general)
a. to be quit of librarse or deshacerse de
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quit [kwɪt] quit quitted
transitive verb
1 (cease) to quit doing sth especially (US) dejar de hacer algo; to quit work (during job) suspender el trabajo; dejar de trabajar; (at end of day) salir del trabajo; quit stalling! especially (US) ¡déjate de evasivas!; quit fooling! ¡déjate de tonterías!
2 (leave) [+place] abandonar; salir de; [+premises] desocupar; (Comput) [+application] abandonar to quit one's job dejar el trabajo; renunciar a su puesto
intransitive verb
especially (US) (go away) irse; marcharse; (resign) dimitir; renunciar; (stop work) suspender el trabajo; dejar de trabajar; (give up) (in game, task) abandonar; (Comput) terminar; abandonar I quit! ¡lo dejo!; (from job) ¡renuncio!; I've been given notice to quit he recibido una notificación de desahucio
adjective
to be quit of sth/sb haberse librado de algo/algn
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