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quitar — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • abolish verb To officially end a law, system, or practice.
  • abstract noun A short summary of a longer document, especially an academic paper.
  • remove verb To take something away from its place.
  • rob verb To take property from a person or place unlawfully, often through force or threat.
  • scrap noun A small leftover piece or fragment of something.

Senses

quitar is used for these senses in English:

  • abolish To end a law, system, institution, custom or practice. [First attested from around 1350 to 1470.]
  • abstract (transitive, euphemistic) To steal; to take away; to remove without permission. [First attested in the late 15th century.]
  • cut out (transitive) To remove; to omit.
  • outtake (transitive) To take out, remove.
  • remove (transitive) To move from one place to another, especially to take away.
  • rob (transitive) To deprive of, or withhold from, unjustly or injuriously; to defraud.
  • scrap (transitive) To discard; to get rid of.
  • take away To remove something, either material or abstract, so that a person no longer has it.

abstract — full definition

  1. noun A short summary of a longer document, especially an academic paper.
  2. adj Existing as an idea rather than a physical, concrete thing.
  3. adj Relating to art that uses shapes, colours, and forms rather than realistic depictions.
  4. verb To take out or separate a general idea or quality from something specific.

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