quitar

A. vt

• 1 (apartar, retirar) ¡quítalo de aquí! = get it out of here! quité la silla de en medio = I got the chair out of the way quita tus cosas de mi escritorio = take your things off my desk quitar la mesa (Esp) = to clear the table ¡quítame las manos de encima! = take your hands off me! no le puedo quitar la tapa = I can't get the top off le quitó los zapatos = she took his shoes off

• 2 (+ me/te/le etc) a (de las manos) le quitó la pistola al ladrón = he got o took the gun off the thief le quité el cuchillo = I took the knife (away) from her b (privar de) [pasaporte/carnet de conducir] to take away Definition of take away in the British & World English dictionary Definition of take away in the US English dictionary Translate take away | into French | into German | into Italian c [cartera/dinero] to take, steal; [asiento/lugar] to take Definition of take in the British & World English dictionary Definition of take in the US English dictionary Translate take | into French | into German | into Italian

• 3 (restar) (+ me/te/le etc) me quita mucho tiempo = it takes up a lot of my time quitarle años a algn = to take years off sb quitarle importancia a algo = to play sth down le quita valor = it detracts from its value

• 4 (hacer desaparecer) [mancha] to remove, get … out; [dolor] to relieve, get rid of; [sed] to quench; [apetito] to take away (+ me/te/le etc) eso te quitará el hambre = that will stop you feeling hungry hay que quitarle esa idea de la cabeza = we must get that idea out of his head Definition of remove in the British & World English dictionary Definition of remove in the US English dictionary Translate remove | into French | into German | into Italian

• 5quitando (ger) (fam) except for Definition of except for in the British & World English dictionary Definition of except for in the US English dictionary Translate except for | into German | into Italian

B. vi

• 1 (Esp) (fam) ¡quita (de ahí)! = get out of the way!

• 2 (en locs) de quita y pon [funda/etiqueta] = removable eso no quita que … = that doesn't mean that …