dispensar — meaning in English
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English meaning
Senses
dispensar is used for these senses in English:
- cut someone loose (idiomatic) To let someone go from something, such as a position, relationship, or obligation.
- discharge (military) To release (a member of the armed forces) from service.
- discharge To let fly; to give expression to; to utter.
- dismiss (transitive) To order to leave.
- dismiss (transitive) To reject; to refuse to accept.
- drop (transitive) To cease to include (something), as if on a list; to dismiss, to eject, to expel.
- excuse (transitive) To allow to leave, or release from any obligation.
discharge — full definition
- verb To officially release someone from a hospital, job, the armed forces, or legal custody.
- verb To fire a weapon, or to release something suddenly, such as a liquid, gas, or electrical charge.
- verb To fulfil or pay off a duty, debt, or obligation.
- noun The act of releasing someone or something, such as a patient, employee, or soldier.
- noun A substance released from the body or another source, such as pus or waste.
dismiss — full definition
- verb To fire someone from a job, or to formally end someone's employment.
- verb To refuse to take something seriously or to consider it worth thinking about.
- verb To tell someone they are free to leave.