quitar
Spanish, verb/kiˈtaɾ/
quitar is spelled Q-U-I-T-A-R (6 letters) and appears 22 times per million words in written Spanish, the 3,683rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Quitar is a Spanish verb meaning “to remove, to take away, to take down, to take off, to pull off, to pull out, to clear, to clear away, to strip, to strip away” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Apartar algo de su poseedor”.
What does quitar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to remove, to take away, to take down, to take off, to pull off, to pull out, to clear, to clear away, to strip, to strip away
- 2
to get rid of
- 3
to get off
¡Quítenmelo!
- 4
to deprive of, to take away from (uses indirect object)
- 5
to take off, to remove, to disrobe, to doff (as clothes or accoutrements)
quitarse la mascarilla
- 6
to be removed
- 7
to get rid of (something belonging to oneself)
- 8
to quit, give up (smoking etc)
quitarse de fumar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Apartar algo de su poseedor. 2. Hacer que algo que estaba en un lugar deje de estar ahí. 3. Por extensión, restar.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of quitar
- quito first-person present singular
- quité first-person preterite singular
- quitado participle past
- quitando gerund
- quitada feminine participle past
- quitados masculine participle past
- quitadas feminine participle past
- quitas indicative informal present
- quitás indicative informal present
- quita indicative present singular
- quitamos first-person indicative plural
- quitáis indicative plural present
- quitan indicative plural present
- quitaba first-person imperfect indicative
- quitabas imperfect indicative second-person
- quitábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- quitabais imperfect indicative plural
- quitaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce quitar?
- /kiˈtaɾ/
- [kiˈt̪aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to quitar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is quitar in Spanish?
quitar appears 22 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).