gloss point

gloss point

Ex: Texts published with commentary are entered under the commentator if the commentary is emphasised.

Ex: Lest it appear that Ms Marshall's committee and a few others of us, notoriously associated with that kind of work, are little more than crazy, fire-breathing radicals, let me add this gloss immediately.

Ex: I agree with the observation that in our catalog we had not brought together the 'American Scholar' and the 'Oration'.

Ex: My second point may be a slightly tangential, but I hope it is a concrete reaction to the general tenor of Mr. Lubetzky's remarks and the general subject posed.

Ex: Statements conveying preferential relationships between terms indicate which terms are to be treated as equivalent to one another.

Ex: These evaluation techniques include full-screen logging, pre- and post-search, online/offline, and in-search interactive questionnaires, search replays as well as talk-aloud.

Ex: Reference librarians make heavy use of their many literary checklists as well as their indexes to literary, drama, and poetry explication and criticism.

Ex: This latter point is born out in a survey of the information needs of Californians, which, in affirming the existence of such needs, added the rider that Californians 'do not always perceive these needs to be related to information'.

Ex: This volume is in fact three books shuffled together under one luscious cover, unfurling as a fantasia on technique that explores, among other things, Mau's riffs on modernism.

* apartado de comentarios = comments section.

* basado en el comentario personal = reportage-based.

* comentario al margen = tangential comment.

* comentario aparecido en la prensa = press comment.

* comentario crítico = criticism, critique, critical comment, critical commentary.

* comentario escrito = write-up.

* comentario final que zanja una cuestión = clincher.

* comentario gracioso = witty remark, funny remark.

* comentario ingenioso = witty remark.

* comentario inicial = opening remark.

* comentario introductorio = leading remark.

* comentario literario = literary analysis.

* comentario personal = reportage, personal note.

* comentario personal de una lectura = reading-reportage.

* comentarios = input, grapevine, feedback.

* comentario sarcástico = sarcastic remark.

* comentarios finales = concluding remarks.

* comentario social = social commentary.

* comentario tangencial = tangential comment.

* hacer algunos comentarios sobre lo que Alguien ha dicho = take + a few cracks at.

* hacer comentarios = air + comments.

* hacer un comentario = make + observation, make + remark, offer + a comment.

* intercambiar comentarios = exchange + remarks.

* mordaz en sus comentarios = sharp of tongue.

* persona que hace un comentario = commenter.

* recabar un comentario = solicit + comment.

* responder a un comentario = field + comment.

* sección de comentarios = comments section.

 

comentario sustantivo masculino
1


fue un comentario de mal gusto it was a tasteless remark;
sin comentario(s) no comment




2 (Rad, TV) commentary
comentario sustantivo masculino
1 comment, remark
2 (de texto) commentary
3 comentarios, (cotilleos) gossip
' comentario' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
ácida
- ácido
- acre
- agudeza
- ápice
- burrada
- conveniente
- cortante
- declaración
- desafortunada
- desafortunado
- exacta
- exacto
- gusto
- impertinencia
- incisiva
- incisivo
- indiscreción
- intención
- jugosa
- jugoso
- ligereza
- lucida
- lucido
- maldad
- malintencionada
- malintencionado
- manifiesta
- manifiesto
- más
- ocurrencia
- oportuna
- oportuno
- paleta
- paleto
- picante
- punta
- puntual
- punzante
- rezar
- reservarse
- retirar
- salida
- segunda
- sentar
- sobra
- superflua
- superfluo
- temeraria
- temerario
English:
abrasive
- abstain
- accurate
- acid
- acrimonious
- acute
- amplify
- apt
- barbed
- bitchy
- biting
- blistering
- calculate
- careless
- catty
- cheap
- comeback
- comment
- commentary
- complimentary
- crack
- curt
- cutting
- decline
- derogatory
- destructive
- direct
- do
- gross
- hurtful
- impromptu
- incisive
- indignant
- inept
- innocuous
- insulting
- invidious
- level
- objectionable
- oblique
- observation
- off-the-cuff
- offensive
- outline
- parting
- pass
- passing
- personal
- pointed
- qualify
comentario de texto literary commentary, textual analysis

1. transitive verb 2. intransitive verb 3. noun ['finiʃ] 1. verb 2. noun - finish off
- finish up ['fInɪʃ] 1. transitive verb 2. intransitive verb 3. noun

1. (f. - estúpida)

adj.

stupid

2. (f. - estúpida)

noun f.

idiot

* * *

estúpido, -a

1.

ADJ stupid

2.

SM / F idiot

ese tío es un estúpido — that guy's an idiot

* * *

I

- da adjetivo <persona/argumento> stupid, silly

ay, qué estúpida soy! — oh, how stupid of me!

II

- da masculino, femenino idiot, fool

el estúpido de mi hermano — my stupid brother

* * *

= crazy [crazier -comp., craziest -sup.], dummy, foolish, silly, mindless, moron, stupid, daft [dafter -comp., daftest -sup.], mad, dumb [dumber -comp., dumbest -sup.], nuts, witless, bonehead, boneheaded, twit, dolally tap, dolally [do-lally], imbecile, cretinous, arsehole [asshole, -USA], brainless, dimwit, dim-witted [dimwitted], twat, nonsensical, mug, berk, prick, cretin, dumbbell, dull-witted, asinine, lemon, ditsy [ditsier -comp., ditsiest -sup.], dits, ditz, ditzy [ditzier -comp., ditziest -sup.], airhead, airheaded, duffer, schmuck, schmo, nonce, moke, twerp, dweeb, chump, birdbrained, birdbrain, off + Posesivo + knocker, off + Posesivo + rocker, dork, moonstruck, plonker.

Ex. Lest it appear that Ms Marshall's committee and a few others of us, notoriously associated with that kind of work, are little more than crazy, fire-breathing radicals, let me add this gloss immediately.

Ex. We are too prone to be dummy people by day, and thinking, articulate individuals only in the safety of home and leisure.

Ex. It would be uneconomic and foolish to persevere with human assignment of controlled-language terms.

Ex. In conclusion, I am sure you all believe me to be either idealistic, unrealistic, radical, or just plain silly.

Ex. By this later period pressmen in England were despised as mere 'horses', the 'great guzzlers of beer' who were rebuked by the young Benjamin Franklin for their mindless intemperance.

Ex. This thesaurus contains a number of wretched, insensitive cross-references, like from Dumb to DEAF, and from Feeble minded, Imbecility, and morons to MENTALLY HANDICAPPED.

Ex. When any librarian is trying to find material on behalf of a user from a poor citation it leads to that librarian appearing slow and stupid to the user.

Ex. Ranking among the dafter exercises sometimes imposed on children is the one that requires them to describe a screwdriver or a vase or the desks they sit at, or any familiar object.

Ex. When J D Brown allowed the public of Islington to have open access to the books in the 1890s he was regarded by many of his colleagues as mad!.

Ex. Techniques such as the automatic detection of anaphora enable systems to appear to be intelligent rather than dumb.

Ex. I think some people would think my approach is nuts.

Ex. She refutes the idea of the women's magazine as a 'mouthpiece of masculine interest, of patriarchy and commercialism' that preyed on 'passive, dependent, and witless' women readers.

Ex. The article is entitled 'Field Research for Boneheads: From Naivete to Insight on the Green Tortoise'.

Ex. That was a big boneheaded error.

Ex. Democracy's a nice idea in theory, if it wasn't for all the twits.

Ex. Now I know this country of ours is totally dolally tap!.

Ex. The server has gone dolally by the looks of it.

Ex. The same evil is done in slaving, tormenting and killing, say, chimpanzees as is done in so injuring human imbeciles.

Ex. It is already evident that he is a cretinous buffoon.

Ex. Modern preppies try to be assholes, probably because they think it's cool, and never quite make it.

Ex. From that point on, the film is not only stupid, it's dim-witted, brainless and obtuse to the point of being insulting to the audience.

Ex. The diplomats have been calling him a lucky dimwit ever since.

Ex. From that point on, the film is not only stupid, it's dim-witted, brainless and obtuse to the point of being insulting to the audience.

Ex. I don't really care if he does like real ale, even if his arse was hung with diamonds he would still be a twat.

Ex. Parental protectiveness of children is surely a good thing if sensibly applied, but this nonsensical double standard doesn't help anyone.

Ex. By this time, firecrackers and fireworks were being let off willy-nilly in the streets by any mug with a match.

Ex. And before some berk starts whittling on about anti-car lobbies, we should all be lobbying for less car use if we've got any interest whatsoever in the future.

Ex. Steve knows that he is a 'showboat, a little bit of a prick,' but he also knows that it's too late for a man in his fifties to change.

Ex. Cretin is a word derived from an 18th century Swiss-French word meaning Christian.

Ex. The Wizard, played by Joel Grey, is a smooth-talking dumbbell who admits he is 'a corn-fed hick' and 'one of your dime-a-dozen mediocrities'.

Ex. An army without culture is a dull-witted army, and a dull-witted army cannot defeat the enemy.

Ex. This chapter is dedicated to the truly asinine rules -- ones which either defeat their own purpose altogether or are completely devoid of common sense.

Ex. The court also heard the victim's brother accuse the defendant of physical abuse and of calling him a ' lemon and a retard'.

Ex. If there is a stereo type for ditsy blondes she really has gone out of her way to fit it perfectly.

Ex. But then again, there are thousands of such ditses out there that need mental help.

Ex. She might be a ditz, you can do that with the money she makes, if she wasn't so rich she'd be just another ditzy broad.

Ex. She might be a ditz, you can do that with the money she makes, if she wasn't so rich she'd be just another ditzy broad.

Ex. Some people like airheads with fake boobs.

Ex. She's just an airheaded bimbo, with an endless capacity to push aside unpleasant realities in favor of her more satisfying interests: young men and jewels.

Ex. Plus, no matter what she did to stop people from picking on her she always ended up being called a duffer.

Ex. Schmuck entered English as a borrowed word from Yiddish, where it is an obscene term literally meaning a foreskin or head of a penis, and an insult.

Ex. This team of schmoes is capable of anything.

Ex. Justin, whilst clearly a nonce, is to be commended on instigating a high-profile campaign to free the hostages.

Ex. States know better what their own citizens needs are than do the mokes in Washington.

Ex. He started life as a twerp, then fairly quickly became a jerk and ended up an old sourpuss.

Ex. For this reason, I will probably not vote in the London mayoral election at all and this doesn't make me a whinging negativist dweeb.

Ex. Americans are such chumps, because we refuse to see what is going on right in front of our eyes.

Ex. She has her own birdbrained way of thinking about things, but most of what she says is vaguely prophetic.

Ex. I am thinking humans can be such birdbrains when it comes to communication.

Ex. Every firearm hast its pros and cons and anyone who tells you otherwise is off their knocker.

Ex. I find it fascinating how Bradley can be perfectly reasonable one moment, and off his rocker the next.

Ex. And then we get nongs like Joe here who just cant help himself from being a dork.

Ex. ' Moonstruck' has all the fun of movies about weddings: a reluctant groom, an overeager bride, and an emotionally distraught family.

Ex. If she'd been my daughter in fact I'd never have let her go out with an obvious plonker like myself.

----

* algo estúpido = no-brainer.

* como un estúpido = stupidly.

* hacerse el estúpido = dumb down, act + dumb.

* lo suficientemente estúpido como para = dumb enough to.

* rubia estúpida = dumb blonde.

* ser estúpido = be off + Posesivo + rocker.

* típica rubia estúpida = bimbo.

* volverse estúpido = go off + Posesivo + rocker.

* * *

I

- da adjetivo <persona/argumento> stupid, silly

ay, qué estúpida soy! — oh, how stupid of me!

II

- da masculino, femenino idiot, fool

el estúpido de mi hermano — my stupid brother

* * *

= crazy [crazier -comp., craziest -sup.], dummy, foolish, silly, mindless, moron, stupid, daft [dafter -comp., daftest -sup.], mad, dumb [dumber -comp., dumbest -sup.], nuts, witless, bonehead, boneheaded, twit, dolally tap, dolally [do-lally], imbecile, cretinous, arsehole [asshole, -USA], brainless, dimwit, dim-witted [dimwitted], twat, nonsensical, mug, berk, prick, cretin, dumbbell, dull-witted, asinine, lemon, ditsy [ditsier -comp., ditsiest -sup.], dits, ditz, ditzy [ditzier -comp., ditziest -sup.], airhead, airheaded, duffer, schmuck, schmo, nonce, moke, twerp, dweeb, chump, birdbrained, birdbrain, off + Posesivo + knocker, off + Posesivo + rocker, dork, moonstruck, plonker.

Ex: Lest it appear that Ms Marshall's committee and a few others of us, notoriously associated with that kind of work, are little more than crazy, fire-breathing radicals, let me add this gloss immediately.

Ex: We are too prone to be dummy people by day, and thinking, articulate individuals only in the safety of home and leisure.

Ex: It would be uneconomic and foolish to persevere with human assignment of controlled-language terms.

Ex: In conclusion, I am sure you all believe me to be either idealistic, unrealistic, radical, or just plain silly.

Ex: By this later period pressmen in England were despised as mere 'horses', the 'great guzzlers of beer' who were rebuked by the young Benjamin Franklin for their mindless intemperance.

Ex: This thesaurus contains a number of wretched, insensitive cross-references, like from Dumb to DEAF, and from Feeble minded, Imbecility, and morons to MENTALLY HANDICAPPED.

Ex: When any librarian is trying to find material on behalf of a user from a poor citation it leads to that librarian appearing slow and stupid to the user.

Ex: Ranking among the dafter exercises sometimes imposed on children is the one that requires them to describe a screwdriver or a vase or the desks they sit at, or any familiar object.

Ex: When J D Brown allowed the public of Islington to have open access to the books in the 1890s he was regarded by many of his colleagues as mad!.

Ex: Techniques such as the automatic detection of anaphora enable systems to appear to be intelligent rather than dumb.

Ex: I think some people would think my approach is nuts.

Ex: She refutes the idea of the women's magazine as a 'mouthpiece of masculine interest, of patriarchy and commercialism' that preyed on 'passive, dependent, and witless' women readers.

Ex: The article is entitled 'Field Research for Boneheads: From Naivete to Insight on the Green Tortoise'.

Ex: That was a big boneheaded error.

Ex: Democracy's a nice idea in theory, if it wasn't for all the twits.

Ex: Now I know this country of ours is totally dolally tap!.

Ex: The server has gone dolally by the looks of it.

Ex: The same evil is done in slaving, tormenting and killing, say, chimpanzees as is done in so injuring human imbeciles.

Ex: It is already evident that he is a cretinous buffoon.

Ex: Modern preppies try to be assholes, probably because they think it's cool, and never quite make it.

Ex: From that point on, the film is not only stupid, it's dim-witted, brainless and obtuse to the point of being insulting to the audience.

Ex: The diplomats have been calling him a lucky dimwit ever since.

Ex: From that point on, the film is not only stupid, it's dim-witted, brainless and obtuse to the point of being insulting to the audience.

Ex: I don't really care if he does like real ale, even if his arse was hung with diamonds he would still be a twat.

Ex: Parental protectiveness of children is surely a good thing if sensibly applied, but this nonsensical double standard doesn't help anyone.

Ex: By this time, firecrackers and fireworks were being let off willy-nilly in the streets by any mug with a match.

Ex: And before some berk starts whittling on about anti-car lobbies, we should all be lobbying for less car use if we've got any interest whatsoever in the future.

Ex: Steve knows that he is a 'showboat, a little bit of a prick,' but he also knows that it's too late for a man in his fifties to change.

Ex: Cretin is a word derived from an 18th century Swiss-French word meaning Christian.

Ex: The Wizard, played by Joel Grey, is a smooth-talking dumbbell who admits he is 'a corn-fed hick' and 'one of your dime-a-dozen mediocrities'.

Ex: An army without culture is a dull-witted army, and a dull-witted army cannot defeat the enemy.

Ex: This chapter is dedicated to the truly asinine rules -- ones which either defeat their own purpose altogether or are completely devoid of common sense.

Ex: The court also heard the victim's brother accuse the defendant of physical abuse and of calling him a ' lemon and a retard'.

Ex: If there is a stereo type for ditsy blondes she really has gone out of her way to fit it perfectly.

Ex: But then again, there are thousands of such ditses out there that need mental help.

Ex: She might be a ditz, you can do that with the money she makes, if she wasn't so rich she'd be just another ditzy broad.

Ex: She might be a ditz, you can do that with the money she makes, if she wasn't so rich she'd be just another ditzy broad.

Ex: Some people like airheads with fake boobs.

Ex: She's just an airheaded bimbo, with an endless capacity to push aside unpleasant realities in favor of her more satisfying interests: young men and jewels.

Ex: Plus, no matter what she did to stop people from picking on her she always ended up being called a duffer.

Ex: Schmuck entered English as a borrowed word from Yiddish, where it is an obscene term literally meaning a foreskin or head of a penis, and an insult.

Ex: This team of schmoes is capable of anything.

Ex: Justin, whilst clearly a nonce, is to be commended on instigating a high-profile campaign to free the hostages.

Ex: States know better what their own citizens needs are than do the mokes in Washington.

Ex: He started life as a twerp, then fairly quickly became a jerk and ended up an old sourpuss.

Ex: For this reason, I will probably not vote in the London mayoral election at all and this doesn't make me a whinging negativist dweeb.

Ex: Americans are such chumps, because we refuse to see what is going on right in front of our eyes.

Ex: She has her own birdbrained way of thinking about things, but most of what she says is vaguely prophetic.

Ex: I am thinking humans can be such birdbrains when it comes to communication.

Ex: Every firearm hast its pros and cons and anyone who tells you otherwise is off their knocker.

Ex: I find it fascinating how Bradley can be perfectly reasonable one moment, and off his rocker the next.

Ex: And then we get nongs like Joe here who just cant help himself from being a dork.

Ex: ' Moonstruck' has all the fun of movies about weddings: a reluctant groom, an overeager bride, and an emotionally distraught family.

Ex: If she'd been my daughter in fact I'd never have let her go out with an obvious plonker like myself.

* algo estúpido = no-brainer.

* como un estúpido = stupidly.

* hacerse el estúpido = dumb down, act + dumb.

* lo suficientemente estúpido como para = dumb enough to.

* rubia estúpida = dumb blonde.

* ser estúpido = be off + Posesivo + rocker.

* típica rubia estúpida = bimbo.

* volverse estúpido = go off + Posesivo + rocker.

* * *

estúpido¹ -da

adjective

‹persona› stupid; ‹argumento› stupid, silly

ay, qué estúpida, me equivoqué oh, how stupid of me, I've done it wrong

un gasto estúpido a stupid waste of money

es estúpido que vayamos las dos it's silly o stupid for us both to go

estúpido² -da

masculine, feminine

idiot, fool

el estúpido de mi hermano my stupid brother

* * *

 

estúpido

◊ -da adjetivo ‹ persona› stupid;

‹ argumento› stupid, silly;

◊ ¡ay, qué estúpida soy! oh, how stupid of me!

■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
idiot, fool
estúpido,-a
I adjetivo stupid
II sustantivo masculino y femenino idiot

' estúpido' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
burra
- burro
- estúpida
- animal
- apendejarse
- baboso
- caballo
- el
- embromar
- gafo
- huevón
- pendejo
English:
also
- believe
- bit
- bonehead
- bozo
- damn
- dopey
- equally
- foolish
- goof
- idiotic
- mindless
- obtuse
- pretty
- shame
- soft
- stupid
- that
- wonder
- inane
- jerk

* * *

estúpido, -a

♦ adj

stupid;

¡qué estúpido soy! me he vuelto a olvidar what an idiot I am! I've gone and forgotten again;

sería estúpido no reconocerlo it would be foolish not to admit it

♦ nm,f

idiot;

el estúpido de mi vecino my idiot of a neighbour

* * *

estúpido

I adj stupid

II m, estúpida f idiot

* * *

estúpido, -da adj

: stupid

♦ estúpidamente adj

estúpido, -da n

idiota: idiot, fool

* * *

estúpido¹ adj stupid [comp. stupider; superl. stupidest]

estúpido² n stupid person / idiot

bŏnus, a, um    - compar. melior.    - superl. optimus.    - arch. Inscr. Gloss. duonus, duenus. [st1]1 [-] bon.    - bonus imperator, Cic. Verr. 5, 2: bon général.    - bonus comaedus, Cic. Com. 30: bon acteur.    - bonus medicus, Cic. Clu. 57: bon médecin.    - boni cives: les bons citoyens (= les patriotes, respectueux des lois, ou, souvent dans Cicéron, ceux qui suivent la bonne politique, le parti des honnêtes gens, le parti des optimates, le parti du sénat, des conservateurs.    - vir bonus: l'homme de bien: [dans la vie politique = bonus civis] cf. Sest. 98 ; Cal. 77; Cat. 1, 32 etc.; [dans la vie ordinaire] cf. Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 40; Cic. Off. 3, 77; Leg. 1, 49; Fin. 3, 61.    - cf. gr. ἀνὴρ καλὸς κἀγαθός.    - orator est vir bonus dicendi peritus, CAT. frag. 6: l'orateur est un homme de bien qui sait manier la parole. --- Cic. Tusc. 5, 28, etc.    - boni, orum, m.: les homme de bien, les braves gens, les bons citoyens.    - ut inter bonos bene agier oportet, Cic. Off. 3, 70: il faut bien agir comme il convient entre bonnes gens.    - boni, improbi, Cic Lael. 74: les bons, les méchants.    - homo bonus, optimus: brave homme, bon homme, excellent homme: Plaut. Capt. 333; Most. 719, etc.    - homines optimi non intellegunt, Cic. Fin. 1, 25: ces braves gens ne comprennent pas que...    - nosti optimos homines, Cic. Leg. 32: tu connais cet excellent peuple.    - carissime frater atque optime, Cic. de Or. 2, 10: ô mon très cher et excellent frère.    - optime Quincti, Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 1: cher Quinctius.    - o bone, Hor. S. 2, 3, 31: mon cher. [st1]2 [-] bon, bienveillant, favorable.    - (o) di boni! grands dieux! bons dieux!    - Jovis Optimi Maximi templum, Cic. Verr. 4, 69: le temple de Jupiter très bon, très grand.    - bona Juno, Virg. En. 1, 734: Junon favorable.    - bonus alicui: bon pour qqn, bienveillant pour qqn.    - cf. Plaut. Amp. 992; Capt. 939, etc.    - vicinis bonus esto, CAT. Agr. 4: aie de bons rapports de voisinage.    - bonus in aliquem, Cic.: bon pour qqn. [st1]3 [-] bon, de bonne qualité (en parl. de choses).    - bonus ager, Varr. 5, 125: bon champ, champ fertile.    - terra bona, Varr. R. 1, 40, 3: bonne terre, bon sol.    - adulterini, boni nummi, Cic. Off. 3, 91: faux, bons écus.    - optimum argentum, Cic. Verr. 1, 91; Phil. 2, 66: très belle argenterie.    - optima navis, Cic. Verr. 5, 134: très bon vaisseau.    - meliores fetus edere, Cic. de Or. 2, 131: produire de plus belles moissons.    - oratio bona, Cic. Br. 99: un bon discours.    - optimi versus, Cic. Arch. 18: vers excellents.    - verba bona, Cic. Br. 233: bons termes, expressions heureuses, justes.    - hoc, quod vulgo de oratoribus ab imperitis dici solet " bonis hic verbis" aut "aliquis non bonis utitur" Cic. de Or. 3, 151: cette appréciation sur les orateurs que l'on entend couramment dans la bouche des personnes non spécialistes: "en voilà un qui s'exprime en bons termes" ou "un tel s'exprime en mauvais termes".    - bono genere natus, Cic. Mur. 15: d'une bonne famille, bien né.    - optimo ingenio, Cic. Off. 1, 158: avec d'excellentes dispositions naturelles (très bien doué).    - bona ratio, Cic. Cat. 2, 25: de bons sentiments politiques.    - bona ratione aliquid emere, Cic. Verr. 4, 10: acheter qqch honnêtement.    - bona ratio, Cic. Nat. 3, 70: droite raison, raison bien réglée.    - bona fama, Cic. Fin. 3, 57: bonne renommée.    - bonum judicium, Caes. BG. 1, 41, 2: jugement favorable.    - in bonam partem aliquid accipere, Cic. Amer. 45: prendre qqch en bonne part.    - in meliorem partem, Cic. Inv. 2, 158: en meilleure part.    - bona pars sermonis, Cic. de Or. 2, 14: une bonne (grande) partie de l'entretien. --- cf. Ter. Eun. 123; Hor. S. 1, 1, 61; Quint. 12, 7, 5; 12, 11, 19; Sen. Ep. 49, 4.    - bonā formā, Ter. Andr, 119: d'un bon (beau) physique. --- cf. Andr. 428; Haut. 524; Hor. S. 2, 7, 52.    - bonā naturā, Ter. Eun. 316: d'une bonne constitution.    - vinum bono colore, CAT. Agr. 109: vin d'une bonne couleur.    - vir optimo habitu, Cic. Cael. 59: homme d'une excellente complexion. [st1]4 [-] bon, heureux, favorable.    - quod bonum, faustum felixque sit populo Romano, Liv. 1, 28, 7: et puisse ce dessein être bon, favorable, heureux pour le peuple romain.    - bona fortuna, Cic. Phil. 1, 27: bonne fortune, prospérité, bonheur.    - bona spes, Cic. Verr. pr. 42: bon espoir.    - temporibus optimis, Cic. Caecil. 66: aux temps les meilleurs, aux époques les plus heureuses.    - bona navigatio, Cic. Nat. 3, 83: une bonne (heureuse) navigation.    - boni exitus, Cic. Nat. 3, 89: des morts heureuses.    - boni nuntii, Cic. Att. 3, 11, 1: de bonnes nouvelles.    - mores boni, optimi, Cic. Off. 1, 56; Verr. 3, 210: bonnes moeurs, moeurs excellentes.    - domi militiaeque boni mores colebantur, Sall. C. 9: en temps de paix comme en temps de guerre on s'attachait aux vertus. [st1]5 [-] quelques tournures.    - bonae res: - [abcl]a - richesses, biens: Plaut. Pers. 507; Lucr. 1, 728. - [abcl]b - situation heureuse, prospérité: Plaut. Trin. 446; Fam. 12, 3, 3; Att. 12, 12, 5; Hor. O. 2, 3, 2. - [abcl]c - le bien: bonae res, malae, Cic. de Or. 1, 42: le bien, le mal, cf. 2, 67; Or. 118; Br. 31; Ac. 1, 15, etc.    - bono animo esse: - [abcl]a - avoir du courage. - [abcl]b - être bien disposé.    - bono esse animo in aliquem, Caes.: être bien disposé à l'égard de qqn.    - bonus aliqui rei: bon pour qqch.    - bonus ad aliquam rem: bon pour qqch.    - bonus alendo pecori mons: montagne bonne pour nourrir les troupeaux.    - bonus dicere: habile à dire.    - aequi bonique facere aliquid: s'accommoder d'une chose, tenir pour juste et bon.    - mulier bonā formā, Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 13: femme d'un beau physique.    - bono genere natus: bien né, de bonne famille, de naissance noble.    - bonā veniā ou cum bona venia: avec l'aimable permission.    - abs te hoc bonā veniā expeto si... Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 31: je te demande aimablement si...    - bonā pace ou cum bona pace: sans se fâcher, avec l'aimable permission.    - Hannibal ad Alpis cum bona pace incolentium... pervenit, Liv. 21, 32, 6: Hannibal atteignit les Alpes sans être nullement inquiété par les habitants.    - alteri populo cum bona pace imperitare, Liv. 1: exercer sur l'autre peuple une autorité décente.    - nec cuique bono mali quidquam evenire potest, Cic. Tusc. 1, 41, 99: et il ne peut rien arriver de mal à tout honnête homme.    - bonus in me, Cic.: bienveillant à mon égard, bon pour moi.    - bona aetas: le bel âge (= la jeunesse). bŏnus, a, um    - compar. melior.    - superl. optimus.    - arch. Inscr. Gloss. duonus, duenus. [st1]1 [-] bon.    - bonus imperator, Cic. Verr. 5, 2: bon général.    - bonus comaedus, Cic. Com. 30: bon acteur.    - bonus medicus, Cic. Clu. 57: bon médecin.    - boni cives: les bons citoyens (= les patriotes, respectueux des lois, ou, souvent dans Cicéron, ceux qui suivent la bonne politique, le parti des honnêtes gens, le parti des optimates, le parti du sénat, des conservateurs.    - vir bonus: l'homme de bien: [dans la vie politique = bonus civis] cf. Sest. 98 ; Cal. 77; Cat. 1, 32 etc.; [dans la vie ordinaire] cf. Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 40; Cic. Off. 3, 77; Leg. 1, 49; Fin. 3, 61.    - cf. gr. ἀνὴρ καλὸς κἀγαθός.    - orator est vir bonus dicendi peritus, CAT. frag. 6: l'orateur est un homme de bien qui sait manier la parole. --- Cic. Tusc. 5, 28, etc.    - boni, orum, m.: les homme de bien, les braves gens, les bons citoyens.    - ut inter bonos bene agier oportet, Cic. Off. 3, 70: il faut bien agir comme il convient entre bonnes gens.    - boni, improbi, Cic Lael. 74: les bons, les méchants.    - homo bonus, optimus: brave homme, bon homme, excellent homme: Plaut. Capt. 333; Most. 719, etc.    - homines optimi non intellegunt, Cic. Fin. 1, 25: ces braves gens ne comprennent pas que...    - nosti optimos homines, Cic. Leg. 32: tu connais cet excellent peuple.    - carissime frater atque optime, Cic. de Or. 2, 10: ô mon très cher et excellent frère.    - optime Quincti, Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 1: cher Quinctius.    - o bone, Hor. S. 2, 3, 31: mon cher. [st1]2 [-] bon, bienveillant, favorable.    - (o) di boni! grands dieux! bons dieux!    - Jovis Optimi Maximi templum, Cic. Verr. 4, 69: le temple de Jupiter très bon, très grand.    - bona Juno, Virg. En. 1, 734: Junon favorable.    - bonus alicui: bon pour qqn, bienveillant pour qqn.    - cf. Plaut. Amp. 992; Capt. 939, etc.    - vicinis bonus esto, CAT. Agr. 4: aie de bons rapports de voisinage.    - bonus in aliquem, Cic.: bon pour qqn. [st1]3 [-] bon, de bonne qualité (en parl. de choses).    - bonus ager, Varr. 5, 125: bon champ, champ fertile.    - terra bona, Varr. R. 1, 40, 3: bonne terre, bon sol.    - adulterini, boni nummi, Cic. Off. 3, 91: faux, bons écus.    - optimum argentum, Cic. Verr. 1, 91; Phil. 2, 66: très belle argenterie.    - optima navis, Cic. Verr. 5, 134: très bon vaisseau.    - meliores fetus edere, Cic. de Or. 2, 131: produire de plus belles moissons.    - oratio bona, Cic. Br. 99: un bon discours.    - optimi versus, Cic. Arch. 18: vers excellents.    - verba bona, Cic. Br. 233: bons termes, expressions heureuses, justes.    - hoc, quod vulgo de oratoribus ab imperitis dici solet " bonis hic verbis" aut "aliquis non bonis utitur" Cic. de Or. 3, 151: cette appréciation sur les orateurs que l'on entend couramment dans la bouche des personnes non spécialistes: "en voilà un qui s'exprime en bons termes" ou "un tel s'exprime en mauvais termes".    - bono genere natus, Cic. Mur. 15: d'une bonne famille, bien né.    - optimo ingenio, Cic. Off. 1, 158: avec d'excellentes dispositions naturelles (très bien doué).    - bona ratio, Cic. Cat. 2, 25: de bons sentiments politiques.    - bona ratione aliquid emere, Cic. Verr. 4, 10: acheter qqch honnêtement.    - bona ratio, Cic. Nat. 3, 70: droite raison, raison bien réglée.    - bona fama, Cic. Fin. 3, 57: bonne renommée.    - bonum judicium, Caes. BG. 1, 41, 2: jugement favorable.    - in bonam partem aliquid accipere, Cic. Amer. 45: prendre qqch en bonne part.    - in meliorem partem, Cic. Inv. 2, 158: en meilleure part.    - bona pars sermonis, Cic. de Or. 2, 14: une bonne (grande) partie de l'entretien. --- cf. Ter. Eun. 123; Hor. S. 1, 1, 61; Quint. 12, 7, 5; 12, 11, 19; Sen. Ep. 49, 4.    - bonā formā, Ter. Andr, 119: d'un bon (beau) physique. --- cf. Andr. 428; Haut. 524; Hor. S. 2, 7, 52.    - bonā naturā, Ter. Eun. 316: d'une bonne constitution.    - vinum bono colore, CAT. Agr. 109: vin d'une bonne couleur.    - vir optimo habitu, Cic. Cael. 59: homme d'une excellente complexion. [st1]4 [-] bon, heureux, favorable.    - quod bonum, faustum felixque sit populo Romano, Liv. 1, 28, 7: et puisse ce dessein être bon, favorable, heureux pour le peuple romain.    - bona fortuna, Cic. Phil. 1, 27: bonne fortune, prospérité, bonheur.    - bona spes, Cic. Verr. pr. 42: bon espoir.    - temporibus optimis, Cic. Caecil. 66: aux temps les meilleurs, aux époques les plus heureuses.    - bona navigatio, Cic. Nat. 3, 83: une bonne (heureuse) navigation.    - boni exitus, Cic. Nat. 3, 89: des morts heureuses.    - boni nuntii, Cic. Att. 3, 11, 1: de bonnes nouvelles.    - mores boni, optimi, Cic. Off. 1, 56; Verr. 3, 210: bonnes moeurs, moeurs excellentes.    - domi militiaeque boni mores colebantur, Sall. C. 9: en temps de paix comme en temps de guerre on s'attachait aux vertus. [st1]5 [-] quelques tournures.    - bonae res: - [abcl]a - richesses, biens: Plaut. Pers. 507; Lucr. 1, 728. - [abcl]b - situation heureuse, prospérité: Plaut. Trin. 446; Fam. 12, 3, 3; Att. 12, 12, 5; Hor. O. 2, 3, 2. - [abcl]c - le bien: bonae res, malae, Cic. de Or. 1, 42: le bien, le mal, cf. 2, 67; Or. 118; Br. 31; Ac. 1, 15, etc.    - bono animo esse: - [abcl]a - avoir du courage. - [abcl]b - être bien disposé.    - bono esse animo in aliquem, Caes.: être bien disposé à l'égard de qqn.    - bonus aliqui rei: bon pour qqch.    - bonus ad aliquam rem: bon pour qqch.    - bonus alendo pecori mons: montagne bonne pour nourrir les troupeaux.    - bonus dicere: habile à dire.    - aequi bonique facere aliquid: s'accommoder d'une chose, tenir pour juste et bon.    - mulier bonā formā, Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 13: femme d'un beau physique.    - bono genere natus: bien né, de bonne famille, de naissance noble.    - bonā veniā ou cum bona venia: avec l'aimable permission.    - abs te hoc bonā veniā expeto si... Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 31: je te demande aimablement si...    - bonā pace ou cum bona pace: sans se fâcher, avec l'aimable permission.    - Hannibal ad Alpis cum bona pace incolentium... pervenit, Liv. 21, 32, 6: Hannibal atteignit les Alpes sans être nullement inquiété par les habitants.    - alteri populo cum bona pace imperitare, Liv. 1: exercer sur l'autre peuple une autorité décente.    - nec cuique bono mali quidquam evenire potest, Cic. Tusc. 1, 41, 99: et il ne peut rien arriver de mal à tout honnête homme.    - bonus in me, Cic.: bienveillant à mon égard, bon pour moi.    - bona aetas: le bel âge (= la jeunesse).

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fortūna, ae, f. [fors]    - gén. sing. fortunas (Naev. ap. Prisc.) --- dat. abl. plur. fortunabus (Gloss.). [st1]1 [-] fortune, sort, destin, événement (heureux ou malheureux), lot; chance, hasard.    - vir ad fortunam felix, Cic. Font. 15: heureux dans les hasards.    - prospera adversave fortuna, Cic.: la bonne ou la mauvaise fortune.    - si eo meae fortunae redeunt, ut... Ter. Phorm. 1, 4, 23: si mon sort veut que...    - triplicis fortuna novissima regni, Ov. M. 5, 368: le dernier lot dans le triple empire du monde (triple, parce que partagé entre Jupiter, sans doute pour la Terre et le Ciel, Neptune, pour la mer, Pluton, pour les Enfers).    - fortuna belli: les hasards de la guerre, le sort des armes.    - fortunae se committere: s'en remettre à la chance (risquer une bataille).    - fortuna delendi omnis exercitûs, Liv.: l'occasion de détruire toute l'armée.    - fortunam citius reperias, quam retineas, Pub. Syr.: Il est plus aisé de trouver la fortune que de la garder.    - fors fortuna → fors. [st1]2 [-] la Fortune (déesse du hasard, qui accorde, selon ses caprices, richesse ou pauvreté, bonheur ou malheur).    - Fortuna bona, Cic.: la bonne Fortune.    - ara malae Fortunae, Liv.: l'autel de la mauvaise Fortune.    - Fortuna (fatalis), Cic.: la fatalité, le destin. [st1]3 [-] bonheur, malheur.    - dum fortuna fuit, Virg. En. 3.16: tant que la fortune fut favorable.    - divinitus adjuncta fortuna, Cic.: prospérité qui vient des dieux.    - magnae fuit fortunae, ipsum effugere... Caes.: par une chance inespérée, il échappa...    - venimus ad summum fortunae, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 32: nous sommes au comble du bonheur.    - alicujus fortunas laudare, Ter.: louer la prospérité de qqn.    - fortunis longe praestare, Lucr.: jouir d'un bonheur extrême.    - fortunam emendare, Hor.: corriger la mauvaise fortune.    - Trojae fortuna, Hor.: les malheurs de Troie. [st1]4 [-] condition, situation, rang, état, sort, fortune (qqf. au plur.).    - infima fortuna servorum, Cic. Off. 1, 13, 41: l'humble sort des esclaves.    - omnis fortunae ac loci, Cic. Pis. 22.52: de toute condition et de toute naissance.    - gravitatem summae fortunae retinere, Tac. An. 2, 72: conserver la dignité de son rang suprême.    - fortunam sibi facere, Liv. 39, 40, 4: être l'artisan de sa fortune.    - spes amplificandae fortunae, Cic. Lael. 16, 59: l'espoir d'améliorer son sort.    - si dicentis erunt fortunis absona dicta, Hor. A. P. 112: si le langage de l'orateur ne convient pas à sa condition. [st1]5 [-] (surtout au plur.) biens (mobiliers), richesses, revenus, fortune.    - omnium fortunae sunt certae, Cic. Rosc. Com. 12: nos biens à tous sont en sûreté.    - fortunis nostris sit contentus, vitam ne petat, Cic.: content d'avoir enlevé notre fortune, qu'il respecte notre vie.    - multi fortunis provolvebantur, Tac. A. 6, 17: beaucoup étaient tombés dans la misère.    - fortunae inops, Tac. (fortunis expers, Sall.): dénué de ressources, indigent.    - inferior fortunā, Cic.: plus pauvre.    - mea concessa est aliis fortuna, Ov. Tr. 5, 2, 57: mon patrimoine est passé en d'autres mains.    - quo mihi fortunam, si non conceditur uti? Hor. Ep. 1: à quoi me sert la richesse, si je ne suis pas à même d'en profiter?    - per fortunas, Cic. Att. 5: au nom de ce qu'il y a de plus cher. fortūna, ae, f. [fors]    - gén. sing. fortunas (Naev. ap. Prisc.) --- dat. abl. plur. fortunabus (Gloss.). [st1]1 [-] fortune, sort, destin, événement (heureux ou malheureux), lot; chance, hasard.    - vir ad fortunam felix, Cic. Font. 15: heureux dans les hasards.    - prospera adversave fortuna, Cic.: la bonne ou la mauvaise fortune.    - si eo meae fortunae redeunt, ut... Ter. Phorm. 1, 4, 23: si mon sort veut que...    - triplicis fortuna novissima regni, Ov. M. 5, 368: le dernier lot dans le triple empire du monde (triple, parce que partagé entre Jupiter, sans doute pour la Terre et le Ciel, Neptune, pour la mer, Pluton, pour les Enfers).    - fortuna belli: les hasards de la guerre, le sort des armes.    - fortunae se committere: s'en remettre à la chance (risquer une bataille).    - fortuna delendi omnis exercitûs, Liv.: l'occasion de détruire toute l'armée.    - fortunam citius reperias, quam retineas, Pub. Syr.: Il est plus aisé de trouver la fortune que de la garder.    - fors fortuna → fors. [st1]2 [-] la Fortune (déesse du hasard, qui accorde, selon ses caprices, richesse ou pauvreté, bonheur ou malheur).    - Fortuna bona, Cic.: la bonne Fortune.    - ara malae Fortunae, Liv.: l'autel de la mauvaise Fortune.    - Fortuna (fatalis), Cic.: la fatalité, le destin. [st1]3 [-] bonheur, malheur.    - dum fortuna fuit, Virg. En. 3.16: tant que la fortune fut favorable.    - divinitus adjuncta fortuna, Cic.: prospérité qui vient des dieux.    - magnae fuit fortunae, ipsum effugere... Caes.: par une chance inespérée, il échappa...    - venimus ad summum fortunae, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 32: nous sommes au comble du bonheur.    - alicujus fortunas laudare, Ter.: louer la prospérité de qqn.    - fortunis longe praestare, Lucr.: jouir d'un bonheur extrême.    - fortunam emendare, Hor.: corriger la mauvaise fortune.    - Trojae fortuna, Hor.: les malheurs de Troie. [st1]4 [-] condition, situation, rang, état, sort, fortune (qqf. au plur.).    - infima fortuna servorum, Cic. Off. 1, 13, 41: l'humble sort des esclaves.    - omnis fortunae ac loci, Cic. Pis. 22.52: de toute condition et de toute naissance.    - gravitatem summae fortunae retinere, Tac. An. 2, 72: conserver la dignité de son rang suprême.    - fortunam sibi facere, Liv. 39, 40, 4: être l'artisan de sa fortune.    - spes amplificandae fortunae, Cic. Lael. 16, 59: l'espoir d'améliorer son sort.    - si dicentis erunt fortunis absona dicta, Hor. A. P. 112: si le langage de l'orateur ne convient pas à sa condition. [st1]5 [-] (surtout au plur.) biens (mobiliers), richesses, revenus, fortune.    - omnium fortunae sunt certae, Cic. Rosc. Com. 12: nos biens à tous sont en sûreté.    - fortunis nostris sit contentus, vitam ne petat, Cic.: content d'avoir enlevé notre fortune, qu'il respecte notre vie.    - multi fortunis provolvebantur, Tac. A. 6, 17: beaucoup étaient tombés dans la misère.    - fortunae inops, Tac. (fortunis expers, Sall.): dénué de ressources, indigent.    - inferior fortunā, Cic.: plus pauvre.    - mea concessa est aliis fortuna, Ov. Tr. 5, 2, 57: mon patrimoine est passé en d'autres mains.    - quo mihi fortunam, si non conceditur uti? Hor. Ep. 1: à quoi me sert la richesse, si je ne suis pas à même d'en profiter?    - per fortunas, Cic. Att. 5: au nom de ce qu'il y a de plus cher.

- quitarse a alguien
- quitarse algo de encima quita 1. 2. 3. 1. 2. 3.

Ex: Meek took her glasses off and twiddled them as her supervisor related the following incident.

Ex: For example, books close to the door and the circulation desk may be intended for the user who merely wishes to make a swift selection of items to take away and read elsewhere.

Ex: Like its predecessor, it wants to strip away the sentimentality surrounding male-female relationships and reveal the ugly, unvarnished truth.

Ex: Some Russia specialists say President Putin is rolling back liberal economic and political reforms ushered in by his predecessor.

Ex: Pluto, scorned by astronomers who considered it too dinky and distant, was unceremoniously stripped of its status as a planet Thursday.

Ex: If you repeatedly deadhead - trim off the spent flowers - the plant goes into overdrive.

Ex: They gathered a whole sackful, stripped off the husks, and filled the sack again.

Ex: State officials urge people to take down bird feeders after recent reports of sick and dead birds, according to a news release.

Ex: He was left without a scratch and pursued the shooter on foot until the gunman commandeered a passing car.

Ex: The full-length, two-direction zipper makes it easy to get on and off, and the bottom is easy to unzip for diaper changes.

* de quita y pon = burn-'em-down-build-'em-up, removable.

* hablar a calzón quitado = lay + Posesivo + cards on the table, put + Posesivo + cards on the table.

* hasta el cuarenta de mayo no te quites el sayo = cast no clout till May is out.

* no poder quitarse Algo de la cabeza = can't get it out of my mind.

* pala de quitar nieve = snow shovel.

* pala para quitar nieve = snow shovel.

* poner y quitar = get on and off.

* que se puede quitar = detachable, removable.

* quita o pon = give or take.

* quitar Algo = take + Nombre + out of + Posesivo + hands.

* quitar con pala = shovel.

* quitar con un cepillo = brush away.

* quitar con un golpe = knock off.

* quitar de las manos = snap up.

* quitar el deseo = suffocate + desire.

* quitar el estigma = destigmatise [destigmatize, -USA].

* quitar el interés = take + the shine off things.

* quitar el mérito a Algo = belittle.

* quitar el poder = disempower.

* quitar el polvo = dust.

* quitar el sufijo a una palabra = strip + suffix.

* quitar el valor = render + valueless.

* quitar frotando = rub off, rub.

* quitar importancia = de-emphasise [de-emphasize, -USA], understate, trivialise [trivialize, -USA], minimise + importance, downplay, gloss over, negate, soft-pedal.

* quitar importancia a un problema = trivialise + trouble.

* quitar la credibilidad = destroy + credence.

* quitar la humedad = dehumidify.

* quitar la idea = wipe away + idea.

* quitar la marca = unmark.

* quitar la mesa = clear away + the things, clear + the table.

* quitar las escamas = scale.

* quitar las ganas de = kill + the momentum.

* quitar las telarañas = dust off + the cobwebs.

* quitarle el sentido = render + meaningless.

* quitarle importancia a las cosas = make + light of things.

* quitarle mérito = obscure + fact.

* quitar mérito = detract from.

* quitar pintura mediante chorro de arena a presión = sandblast.

* quitar puestos de trabajo = shed + jobs, axe + jobs, cut + jobs.

* quitarse = take off, doff, take off.

* quitarse a Alguien de encima = keep + Nombre + off + Posesivo + back, get + Nombre + off + Posesivo + back.

* quitarse de encima = shake off.

* quitarse de en medio = take + Nombre + out.

* quitarse del medio = run for + cover.

* quitarse el sombrero ante = hats off to + Nombre, take + Posesivo + hat off to.

* quitar(se) la ropa = undress.

* quitarse la vida = take + Posesivo + (own) life.

* quitársele a Uno las ganas = put off.

* quitarse una mala reputación = clean up + bad reputation.

* quitarse un (buen) peso de encima = get + a (real) weight off + Posesivo + chest.

* quitarse un peso de encima = take + a weight off + Posesivo + mind, take + a load off + Posesivo + mind.

* quitar una preocupación = allay + concern.

* quitar un peso de encima = remove + burden from shoulders.

* quitar un peso de encima a Alguien = lift + a weight off + Posesivo + shoulders.

* quitar valor = devalue, deflate.

* tener + que quitarse el sombrero = have to hand it to + Nombre.

 

quitar ( conjugate quitar) verbo transitivo
1 (apartar, retirar):

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)


le quité el cuchillo I took the knife (away) from her


‹asiento/lugar› to take
3 ( restar) (+ me/te/le etc):

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)

hay que quitarle esa idea de la cabeza we must get that idea out of his head
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verbo intransitivo
1 (Esp fam):

2 ( en locs)

eso no quita que … that doesn't mean that …
quitarse verbo pronominal
1 ( desaparecer) [ mancha] to come out;
[ dolor] to go (away);

2 (apartarse, retirarse) to get out of the way;

3 ( refl)


‹ miedo› to overcome, get over;

quitarse algo/a algn de encima to get rid of sth/sb
quitar
I verbo transitivo
1 (retirar, separar) to remove: quita todas esas cajas de aquí, get all those boxes out of here
quitar la mesa, to clear the table
2 (ropa, gafas, etc) to take off
3 (eliminar) (la sed) to quench
(el hambre) to take away: el té me quita el sueño, tea keeps me awake
4 (una mancha) to remove, get out
5 (el dolor) to relieve
6 (arrebatar, privar de) le quitó el lápiz, he took the pencil away from him
nos quitaron el asiento, they took our seats
(robar) to steal
7 Mat (restar) to substract
figurado quitar importancia a algo, to play sthg down
figurado quitar las ganas a alguien, to put sb off
figurado le quita mucho tiempo, it takes up a lot of her time
II verbo intransitivo ¡quita!, get away
♦ Locuciones: de quita y pon, removable
fam (excepción hecha de) quitando, except for
' quitar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
aclarar
- aligerar
- allanar
- careta
- desenmascarar
- desollar
- despejar
- despepitar
- despintar
- despuntar
- hipo
- restar
- sueño
- truco
- alisar
- arrebatar
- aspereza
- coger
- cortar
- desarmar
- descuidar
- espabilar
- espátula
- mancha
- manchar
- minimizar
- polvo
- retirar
- sacar
- soplete
English:
bleach
- bone
- brush off
- clear
- clear away
- clutter
- de-ice
- discourage
- dust
- fillet
- flick
- from
- get off
- get out
- graffiti
- mess
- peel off
- play down
- pull off
- push off
- removable
- remove
- scrub away
- scrub off
- shift
- snatch
- spoil
- strip
- strip off
- sweat off
- table
- take
- take away
- take off
- take out
- trim
- upstage
- wash away
- wash off
- wash out
- whatsit
- whip off
- wipe off
- wrestle
- brush
- clean
- detach
- detachable
- dull
- get
[ropa, zapatos] to take off; Esp Méx [sed] to quench;