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quit(

kwiht

)

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.

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! I can't take that noise anymore.¡Basta! Ya no suporto ese ruido.

b. ¡Para ya!

A word of 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!¿No me escuchaste la primera vez? ¡Para ya!

c. ¡Paren ya! (plural)

Quit messing around!¡Paren ya de hacer el tonto!

quit

A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g. I bought a book.).

transitive verb

1. (person, place)

a. abandonar, dejar

2. (computers)

a. salir de

to quit one's jobdejar el trabajo

to quit doing somethingdejar de hacer algo

An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g. The man sneezed.).

intransitive verb

3. (give up)

a. abandonar

4. (resign)

a. dimitir

5. (computers)

a. salir

An adjective is a word that describes a noun (e.g. the big dog).

adjective

6. (general)

This refers to an idiomatic word or phrase for which there is no word-for-word translation.

no direct translation

to be quit oflibrarse or deshacerse de

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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Verb Conjugations for dejar

Present Participle: dejando

Past Participle: dejado

Indicative

	Present	Preterite	Imperfect	Conditional	Future
yo	dejo	dejé	dejaba	dejaría	dejaré
tú	dejas	dejaste	dejabas	dejarías	dejarás
él/ella/Ud.	deja	dejó	dejaba	dejaría	dejará
nosotros	dejamos	dejamos	dejábamos	dejaríamos	dejaremos
vosotros	dejáis	dejasteis	dejabais	dejaríais	dejaréis
ellos/ellas/Uds.	dejan	dejaron	dejaban	dejarían	dejarán

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