quitar

v. weed; remove; brush off; turn off; encroach on; lend; tidy away; relieve; weaken; excise; pinch

v. discharge from, acquit

= remove, take off, take away, strip away, roll back, strip, trim off, strip off, take down.
Ex: Folders allow a set of papers to be kept together when a set on a given topic is removed from the file.
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.
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* de quita y pon = burn-'em-down-build-'em-up, removable.
* 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.
* 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 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 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.
* quitar las ganas de = kill + the momentum.
* quitar las telarañas = dust off + the cobwebs.
* quitarle el sentido = render + meaningless.
* quitarle mérito = obscure + fact.
* quitar mérito = detract from.
* quitar pintura mediante chorro de arena a presión = sandblast.
* quitarse = take off.
* quitarse a Alguien de encima = keep + Nombre + off + Posesivo + back, get + Nombre + off + Posesivo + back.
* quitarse de encima = shake off.
* quitarse del medio = run for + cover.
* quitarse el sombrero ante = hats off to + Nombre.
* quitar(se) la ropa = undress.
* quitarse la vida = take + Posesivo + (own) life.
* quitársele a Uno las ganas = put off.
* quitar una preocupación = allay + concern.
* quitar un peso de encima = remove + burden from shoulders.
* quitar valor = devalue, deflate.
* tener + que quitarse el sombrero = have to hand it to + Nombre.
* ya lo quitas, ya lo pones = burn-'em-down-build-'em-up.