quitarverb
Quitar means to remove or to take away in English. It is a verb, and you will see it as quita, quitó and quitan.
- to remove, to take away
El agua me quita la sed.
Water quenches my thirst.
Tomás se quitó los zapatos.
Tomás took his shoes off.
Tomás se quitó el sombrero.
Tomás took off his hat.
Nos quitamos los sombreros.
We took our hats off.
Common forms
| Form | Reading | Tense |
|---|---|---|
| quita | he, she, it | Present |
| quitó | he, she, it | Preterite |
| quitan | they | Present |
| quite | he, she, it | Present subjunctive |
| quitando | Gerund | |
| quitaron | they | Preterite |
| quito | I | Present |
| quitamos | we | Present or preterite |
| quiten | they | Present subjunctive |
| quitará | he, she, it | Future |
| quitaba | he, she, it | Imperfect |