Quita in english
pronunciation: rimuv part of speech: verb
quitar = remove ; take off ; take away ; strip away ; roll back ; strip ; trim off ; strip off ; take down ; commandeer ; get off ; bereave + Nombre + of ; shift away ; rob + Nombre + of.
Example: A beaver had to be removed by sheriffs after causing havoc in a dollar store in Maryland.Example: Meek took her glasses off and twiddled them as her supervisor related the following incident = Meek took her glasses off and twiddled them as her supervisor related the following incident.Example: 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.Example: Like its predecessor, it wants to strip away the sentimentality surrounding male-female relationships and reveal the ugly, unvarnished truth.Example: Some Russia specialists say President Putin is rolling back liberal economic and political reforms ushered in by his predecessor.Example: Pluto, scorned by astronomers who considered it too dinky and distant, was unceremoniously stripped of its status as a planet Thursday.Example: If you repeatedly deadhead - trim off the spent flowers - the plant goes into overdrive.Example: They gathered a whole sackful, stripped off the husks, and filled the sack again.Example: State officials urge people to take down bird feeders after recent reports of sick and dead birds, according to a news release.Example: He was left without a scratch and pursued the shooter on foot until the gunman commandeered a passing car.Example: The full-length, two-direction zipper makes it easy to get on and off, and the bottom is easy to unzip for diaper changes.Example: And they felt he was somehow bereaving them of income by stealing their content without asking.Example: We've recently been having some wonderful weather which has inspired many to have a spring clean in the hope that it will shift away the winter blues.Example: The mother of a toddler who died when a vehicle crashed into a restaurant says losing her son has robbed her of all feelings of safety and joy.more:
» a calzón quitado = blatantly ; brazenly ; impudently ; shamelessly ; unashamedly .
Example: Startlingly, we find also that Rule 2.44 would permit either Horses -- Diseases or Horse -- Diseases -- Strangles for a document on strangles in horses (an infectious streptococcal fever); the first of these is blatantly class entry rather than specific, while the second is equally blatantly alphabetico classed. Example: The author brazenly insists that Woodman's family has compromised the documentation of the photographer's life by effectively quashing most of her work. Example: As to the matter of relics, it is almost incredible how impudently the world has been cheated. Example: I'm pretty sure I should have been born a boy -- I swear like a trooper, I eat like an animal, I burp shamelessly and I constantly make rude remarks. Example: I was fascinated by the monkey's bright blue scrotum and dark pink penis, and by its ability to unashamedly show his prize jewels off.» bebida para quitar la sed = thirst quencher .
Example: In Britain, we drink over six million litres of fizzy drinks each year -- but is our favourite thirst quencher good for our health?.» bebida que quita la sed = thirst quencher ; quencher .
Example: In Britain, we drink over six million litres of fizzy drinks each year -- but is our favourite thirst quencher good for our health?. Example: Over the continued weeks of aging, the oak cask have contributed new dimensions making this beer a real quencher and palate pleaser.» de quita y pon = burn-'em-down-build-'em-up ; removable .
Example: But if they don't, the practical result of those burn-'em-down-build-'em-up Phoenix schedules is to destroy call-number integrity = Pero si no es así, el resultado práctico de esas clases fénix que ya las quitas, ya las pones es destruir la integridad de la signatura topográfica. Example: Adequate security for expensive equipment must also be provided for in this decision, and a secluded back room, a remote phone cut-off switch, or a removable keyboard may be mandated.» dolor + quitarse = pain + wear off ; pain + go away .
Example: After the initial pain has worn off, the surrounding area will be sore for some days. Example: The thing of it is, back then, no kid ever died or ended up in a hospital after a licking by their parents and we loved and respected them (after the pain went away).» hablar a calzón quitado = lay + Posesivo + cards on the table ; put + Posesivo + cards on the table .
Example: Thirdly, he is the only candidate to have laid his cards on the table with a sound, sensible and viable exit strategy from this awful quagmire in Iraq. Example: Hillary has put her cards on the table and her supporters still do not cry foul.» hasta el cuarenta de mayo no te quites el sayo = cast no clout till May is out .
Example: As she walked out of the library, he warned her 'cast no clout till May is out'.» la mancha de mora con otra verde se quita = a hair of the dog that bit you .
Example: In its current usage, the phrase hair of the dog that bit you (or its shortened form, hair of the dog) is an allusion to the practice of drinking some of whatever it was that put you in that state in the first place, as an antidote to its ill effects.» no poder quitar lo bailado = have + no regrets ; live (+ Posesivo +) life to the fullest and have no regrets .
Example: If you want to get to the end of your life and have no regrets you need to seize every opportunity that comes along. Example: Jessie admitted that she has lived her life to the fullest and has no regrets.» no poder quitar los ojos de encima = watch + every move + Pronombre + make ; watch + Posesivo + every move .
Example: She was just twenty years old when she married Prince Charles, and from that moment millions of people around the world watched every move she made. Example: She says her ex-boyfriend may be watching her every move since he was released from jail.» no poder quitarse Algo de la cabeza = can't get it out of my mind .
Example: Some user may come to the library simply to ask for help 'My daughter died six montsh ago and I just can't get it out of my mind'.» no poder quitarse de encima = be all over + Alguien .
Example: She said he was all over her that night, like if he had many more than just two arms and legs.» no quitar (el) ojo de encima = watch + Nombre + like a hawk .
Example: He should have kept her under his thumb, watched her like a hawk, mistrusted her and protected her like a good jealous hubby usually does.» no quitar la vista de encima de = have + Posesivo + eye(s) on .
Example: Not only is Benjamin now running the show, he also has his eyes on Wayne's girlfriend Cassandra.» no quitar la vista de encima = watch + Nombre + like a hawk .
Example: He should have kept her under his thumb, watched her like a hawk, mistrusted her and protected her like a good jealous hubby usually does.» no quitar los ojos de encima de = have + Posesivo + eye(s) on .
Example: Not only is Benjamin now running the show, he also has his eyes on Wayne's girlfriend Cassandra.» no quitar ojo = watch + Nombre + like a hawk .
Example: He should have kept her under his thumb, watched her like a hawk, mistrusted her and protected her like a good jealous hubby usually does.» pala de quitar nieve = snow shovel .
Example: After the alligator snapped at one of them, the teenagers beat it to death with their snow shovels.» pala para quitar nieve = snow shovel .
Example: After the alligator snapped at one of them, the teenagers beat it to death with their snow shovels.» poner y quitar = get on and off .
Example: The full-length, two-direction zipper makes it easy to get on and off, and the bottom is easy to unzip for diaper changes.» que nos quiten lo bailado = We'll always have Paris .
Example: Once settled in the plush leather seats, Steve leaned over and whispered in his best Bogey impersonation, 'We'll always have Paris'.» que se puede quitar = detachable ; removable .
Example: Manufacturers have produced screens which can be tilted and moved from side to side, together with detachable keyboards which can be placed in the most comfortable position. Example: Adequate security for expensive equipment must also be provided for in this decision, and a secluded back room, a remote phone cut-off switch, or a removable keyboard may be mandated.» quita o pon = give or take .
Example: President Bush estimated the Iraqi civilian death toll at 30,000; give or take a few thousand.» quitar Algo = take + Nombre + out of + Posesivo + hands .
Example: Unless librarians move away from their present overconcern with their systems and lack of concern with their users they will become redundant and the task of providing information will be taken out of their hands.» quitar con pala = shovel .
Example: Can't you just see some indignant parent working his fine off shovelling snow from the library steps! = ¡Te imaginas a algún padre indignado quitando nieve con una pala de los escalones de la biblioteca para pagar la multa!.» quitar con un cepillo = brush away .
Example: Cradle cap, which only develops in infants, can usually be controlled by shampooing more frequently with a baby shampoo and by softly brushing away the scales.» quitar con un golpe = knock off .
Example: If they stared up at the arbour of sheets of paper hanging from the cords attached to the ceiling, they knocked their hats off on the iron bars which braced the presses.» quitar de = remove + Nombre + from .
Example: Folders allow a set of papers to be kept together when a set on a given topic is removed from the file.» quitar de en medio = move + Nombre + out of the way ; keep (+ Nombre +) out of + Posesivo + way ; clear .
Example: Gently pick it up and move it out of the way, where no one will step on it. Example: Keep out of her way when she loses her temper. Example: With so much to clear after the long winter we rely on the help offered by so many volunteers.» quitar de la lista = delist .
Example: Congress has never before delisted species from the Endangered Species list.» quitar de las manos = snap up .
Example: Music has notorious magpie tendencies, snapping up stylistic valuables wherever they may be found.» quitar del medio = clear .
Example: With so much to clear after the long winter we rely on the help offered by so many volunteers.» quitar el aliento = take + Posesivo + breath away .
Example: For mountain dwellers it's not the lack of oxygen that takes their breath away, it's the lack of food.» quitar el deseo = suffocate + desire .
Example: Children need to be led by methods which do not suffocate the desire to go on reading.» quitar el estigma = destigmatise [destigmatize, -USA] .
Example: Efforts to destigmatize euthanasia or even encourage it for some groups may have the untoward effect of promoting suicide in other groups.» quitar el hueso = bone ; de-bone .
Example: By boning the meat, you avoid cutting the bones, so there is no bone residue to affect the meat's flavor. Example: Carving a turkey is a lot of work, but de-boning it first can make things easier.» quitar el interés = take + the shine off things .
Example: Not being able to run DP on IIS and not being able to find a commercial web hosting company who ran Apache, took the initial shine off things for me.» quitar el mérito a Algo = belittle .
Example: Citing a renowned author merely to gain personal respectability for an otherwise mediocre piece of research belittles the work of the cited author.» quitar el perno = unpin .
Example: One farmer lost his life to a pulled trailer rolling over him after unpinning the trailer from the tractor.» quitar el pestillo = unlatch .
Example: The handle to unlatch the gate needs to be at least 54-inches high to prevent children from opening it.» quitar el poder = disempower [Pincha en para ver otras palabras que comienzan con este prefijo] .
Example: One of the greatest challenges of our society is the provision of humane & affordable services in ways that empower, rather than disempower, its aging members.» quitar el polvo = dust ; dust off .
Example: 550 books a day were dusted and the cleaning of 13500 volumes was completed in 5 weeks. Example: Dust off your trilby and dig out your tweeds, British heritage is one of the top trends this season.» quitar el sufijo a una palabra = strip + suffix .
Example: To see what effect stemming might have on the results, the analysis was repeated for 17 of the records with the following suffixes being stripped.» quitar el valor = render + Nombre + valueless .
Example: The immense cultural differences facing the professions tends to render comparisons valueless.» quitar frotando = rub off ; rub .
Example: Finally gold leaf was laid in place over the blind impressions, and fixed into them with further impressions of the hot tools, surplus gold being rubbed off. Example: Finally, test the coating of a glossy paper by rubbing it with a piece of silver.» quitar hierro = play + Nombre + down ; take + the bite out of ; sugar-coat + the pill ; sugar + the pill ; sweeten + the pill ; tone down ; soft-pedal ; sugar-coat ; take + the teeth out of ; take + the sting out of + Algo .
Example: It's easier to play things down then hold your ground. Example: The aim of this paper is to chart a different course of interpretation through Husserl's earliest work; a course which doesn't take all of the bite out of Heidegger's critique of technology. Example: The government has attempted to sugar-coat the pill by making various promises about maintenance of employment and working conditions. Example: Liberal economists like to sugar the pill by talking about constructing a social safety net. Example: They also differ in their views of what can be done to 'sweeten the pill,' whether death ought to be viewed as a barrier to self-fulfillment or a means of self-transcendence. Example: We found an increasing trend toward a more structured approach in data gathering procedures, while loose data collection was toned down significantly. Example: Antisemitism soft-pedal the importance of religious belief for comprehending the persistence of Jew-hatred. Example: Some Muslims try to sugar-coat the ugly truths about the way their religion is practised. Example: Sometimes making fun of something terrible helps to take the teeth out of it. Example: The director amplified: 'The personal touch would probably take some sting out of the layoff, but if I did it this way I could avoid involved discussions'.» quitar importancia = de-emphasise [de-emphasize, -USA] ; understate ; trivialise [trivialize, -USA] ; minimise + importance ; downplay ; gloss over ; negate ; soft-pedal ; play + Nombre + down .
Example: I did de-emphasize it, because authority information is not nearly as important in an online catalog as it is in a bookform catalog, where it is absolutely imperative to have it. Example: University faculty generally understate prices of textbooks for their courses = El profesorado universitario generalmente subestima los precios de los libros de textos de sus cursos. Example: The suggestion proposes changes that will raise the reference librarian's status, thus trivialising an interesting and complicated problem. Example: Like most of 'women's work', much of scientific communication has been so invisible to outsiders that it has been taken for granted, and its importance is often minimised. Example: The author focuses on the sites offering features that downplay the technology in favour of the human touch. Example: To some extent this worked - haphazardly perhaps, but in a cheerful atmosphere that, though he did not realize it then, glossed over the inadequacies of his approach. Example: Thus excessive delays in the availability of cataloguing records from the central agency will negate much of the value of a central service. Example: Antisemitism soft-pedal the importance of religious belief for comprehending the persistence of Jew-hatred. Example: It's easier to play things down then hold your ground.» quitar importancia a un problema = trivialise + trouble .
Example: Television shows foster titillating discussion topics and trivialize troubles.» quitar la aldaba = unlatch .
Example: The handle to unlatch the gate needs to be at least 54-inches high to prevent children from opening it.» quitar la aldabilla = unlatch .
Example: The handle to unlatch the gate needs to be at least 54-inches high to prevent children from opening it.» quitar la borrachera = sober up .
Example: He was pissed to the gills, and when he got to the door the bus driver wouldn't let him on and told him to come back when he'd sobered up.» quitar la credibilidad = destroy + credence .
Example: If mistakes are made of probability, of language, of relationship then these must, in all but the simplest readers, destroy credence.» quitar la humedad = dehumidify .
Example: Telephone calls were made to the following: dairy (to secure milk carton storage for books); grocery stores (for freezer space for books); fire department (for fans to dehumidify books); and aerospace companies (for vacuum freezing facilities).» quitar la marca = unmark .
Example: Press <Shift> <Del> to unmark all marked records.» quitar la mesa = clear away + the things ; clear + the table .
Example: After eating her dinner in awful silence she cleared away the things and vented her anger in scrubbing the dishes with a spiteful energy. Example: When our waiter came back out after clearing the table, we were certain that he was going to politely usher us out, but instead, he asked us if we were interested in dessert!.» quitar la pintura = remove + the paint .
Example: The next phase of the process will be to remove the paint that was applied to the building many years ago.» quitar la respiración = take + Posesivo + breath away .
Example: For mountain dwellers it's not the lack of oxygen that takes their breath away, it's the lack of food.» quitar las amarras = unmoor .
Example: If this story is correct, it's the latest evidence that copyright law has become unmoored from its foundations.» quitar las arrugas = smooth + the rumples out of .
Example: Standing nervously before the full-length mirror, she adjusted her hair for the umpteenth time and smoothed the rumples out of her dress.» quitar la sed = quench + Posesivo + thirst ; slake + Posesivo + thirst .
Example: Water not only quenches one's thirst, it also heals. Example: People were just curious, and once they slaked their thirst for this new product, they dropped it like a hot potato.» quitar las escamas = scale .
Example: Fish should be gutted and scaled with head and tail left on.» quitar las espinas = bone ; de-bone .
Example: By boning the meat, you avoid cutting the bones, so there is no bone residue to affect the meat's flavor. Example: Carving a turkey is a lot of work, but de-boning it first can make things easier.» quitar las ganas de = kill + the momentum .
Example: Papers by Lin and coleagues advocate post-processing of downloaded bibliographic text in a way that does not kill the momentum for futher searching.» quitar las malas hierbas = pull + weeds .
Example: This year we plan to use almost no herbicide -- but that means a lot of work pulling weeds.» quitar las telarañas = dust off + the cobwebs .
Example: The article is entitled 'Dusting off the cobwebs: turning the business archives into a managerial tool'.» quitar la tapa = uncap .
Example: He took a bottle of water from a vintage refrigerator, uncapped it, and drank thirstily, emptying the entire bottle.» quitar la vida = take + Posesivo + life .
Example: She also struggled for a long period with alcoholism and smoking, both of which led to the throat cancer that would take her life.» quitarle a Alguien las ganas de comer = put + Nombre + off + Posesivo + food ; put + Nombre + off + Posesivo + oats .
Example: In the summer of 2001, Toby our cat became seriously ill with a severe ear infection that put him off his food. Example: We trust the news he's just received won't put him off his oats.» quitarle a Uno Algo de las manos = bite + Posesivo + hand off ; snatch + an offer .
Example: I nearly bit her hand off, who in their right mind would say no to a selection of underwear from one of the most luxurious knicker brands in the marketplace. Example: I snatched the offer to teach Math, and haven't looked back since.» quitarle el biberón poco a poco = wean + Nombre + off the bottle .
Example: The child psychologist will also be able to advise you with regards to slowly weaning her off the bottle and dummy once she feels safe and secure again.» quitarle el chupete poco a poco = wean + Nombre + off the dummy .
Example: The child psychologist will also be able to advise you with regards to slowly weaning her off the bottle and dummy once she feels safe and secure again.» quitarle el corcho = uncork .
Example: With summer at its peak and the Fourth of July just around the bend, there are plenty of reasons to uncork a crisp bottle of wine to help get the party started.» quitarle el corcho a una botella = cork + a bottle .
Example: Haven't we all encountered men who prefer to cork a bottle with their teeth when, they have the option of using a bottle opener.» quitarle el sentido = render + Nombre + meaningless .
Example: Although the isolate numbers for the concepts are correct, these mistakes in the use of facet indicators render this class number meaningless.» quitarle importancia a Algo = make + light of .
Example: The government should have made light of this whole affair and it would have quietly slipped away almost unnoticed.» quitarle importancia a las cosas = make + light of things .
Example: A pert nose reveals a cheeky, fun-loving person, someone who knows how to make light of things.» quitarle la piel a = take + the skin off .
Example: The other day I was trying to take the skin off drumsticks and what a job it was!.» quitarle mérito = obscure + the fact .
Example: But no litany of caveats should be allowed to obscure the fact that on-line searching has added a major weapon to the reference librarian's arsenal.» quitar los alfileres = unpin .
Example: After unpinning the shirt, I noticed that the stitching under the right arm is slightly more pronounced than under the left arm.» quitar los hierbajos = pull + weeds .
Example: This year we plan to use almost no herbicide -- but that means a lot of work pulling weeds.» quitar mérito = detract from .
Example: These symbols always detract from the automatic ordering.» quitar pintura mediante chorro de arena a presión = sandblast .
Example: They co-operated a while back in the conversion of a supply vessel into a special maintenance vessel for sandblasting and painting offshore.» quitar presión = take + pressure off (of) + Nombre .
Example: With thirty-six years of experience we've seen a thing or two, and we offer solutions and a high level of service that will take the pressure off of you.» quitar protaganismo = steal + the spotlight [De manera inesperada, sin ser lo previsto] .
Example: It is her big screen debut tonight, so Katy Perry would have wanted to ensure nobody stole the spotlight.» quitar protagonismo = steal + the limelight [De manera inesperada, sin ser lo previsto] ; steal + the show ; take + the wind out of + Posesivo + sails ; steal + Posesivo + thunder ; steal + Posesivo + scene ; take + some of the starch out of + Posesivo + sails .
Example: Little in general is said about the retrieval side of the systems: document analysis has stolen the limelight. Example: The article is entitled 'Did Paris Steal the Show for American Library Innovations?'. Example: He then took the wind out of the sails of the political opposition two weeks ago when they had him on the run and he agreed to a general election. Example: She said some of the most hurtful things a person could say and it was all because she was afraid I was going to steal her thunder. Example: But once again her little sister, famous as Kate if not more, is stealing her scene. Example: Well, damn, that took some of the starch out of her sails and for the first time she began to doubt her decision of not telling him.» quitar puestos de trabajo = shed + jobs ; axe + jobs ; cut + jobs .
Example: Businesses are shedding jobs at an alarming pace, with tens of thousands of new layoffs announced Monday by some of the biggest companies. Example: British small firms axing jobs at fastest since 1992. Example: In total, 38% of UK firms surveyed cut jobs during the final quarter.» quitar rápidamente = snatch off ; snatch away .
Example: The wound was still bleeding but Sparrer meanwhile had snatched off his neckerchief and was preparing a tourniquet. Example: It seemed as if Fortune had but played with him, had put the prize almost within his grasp and then as he reached for it had snatched it away to tease and mock him.» quitarse = take off ; doff [Opuesto de don] ; take off .
Example: Meek took her glasses off and twiddled them as her supervisor related the following incident = Meek se quitó las gafas y las hacía girar al mismo tiempo que su supervisor le contaba el siguiente incidente. Example: In the past, she's relied overly much on her ready laugh, lean looks, and willingness to doff her duds. Example: Meek took her glasses off and twiddled them as her supervisor related the following incident = Meek se quitó las gafas y las hacía girar al mismo tiempo que su supervisor le contaba el siguiente incidente.» quitarse a Alguien de encima = keep + Nombre + off + Posesivo + back .
Example: Some even go so far as to curry favor with him, to keep him off their backs.» quitarse Algo/Alguien de encima = be off + Posesivo + back .
Example: Your tech team will love the fact you're off their backs to make changes for testing and optimization purposes.» quitarse Algo de encima de una vez por todas = get it over (and done) with (once and for all) ; get it out of the + way (once and for all) .
Example: Let's get it over and done with once and for all, forget the debt ceiling, let the government go out of business. Example: Try to find out the root cause and tackle it and get it out of the way once and for all.» quitarse Algo de la cabeza = get + Nombre + out of + Posesivo + mind ; get + Nombre + out of + Posesivo + head .
Example: After visiting her several more times he finds that he wants her very much and cannot get her out of his mind. Example: Children and adults with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) suffer from unwanted and intrusive thoughts that they can't seem to get out of their heads (obsessions).» quitarse Algo de la mente = get + Nombre + out of + Posesivo + mind .
Example: After visiting her several more times he finds that he wants her very much and cannot get her out of his mind.» quitarse de encima = shake off ; get + Nombre + off + Posesivo + back ; get + shot of ; get + rid of ; give + Nombre + the gate ; be rid of ; shrug off .
Example: Only this way can the librarian shake off the aura of elitism pervading the profession and the library. Example: 'I'd love to be able to get them off my back', he remonstrated with a deep sigh. Example: Many women would do pretty much anything to get shot of stretch marks. Example: The title of her paper is 'Let's get rid of it: a reference librarian's battle cry'. Example: I suppose you had your own reasons for giving her the gate. Example: He felt that he had played his last card and shot his last bolt, and that Diana definitely wished to be rid of him. Example: Small businesses need to shrug off the preconceived notion that advertising is uber-expensive.» quitarse de encima a = rid of .
Example: Two recently elected school board members have announced their intention of 'ridding the high school of Mrs Panopoulos' -- to which she replied, with a defiant shrug, 'Let them try'.» quitarse de en medio = take + Nombre + out ; put + Nombre + on the chopping block ; get + rid of ; be rid of ; get out of + Posesivo + way ; be out of + Posesivo + way ; shrug off .
Example: My lasting image of Omar is of him crouched in the rubble waiting for U.S. troops to get close enough so he could take one of them out. Example: I think this article is very inflammatory and unbelievably false -- no one, especially Obama, has 'put social security on the chopping block'. Example: The title of her paper is 'Let's get rid of it: a reference librarian's battle cry'. Example: He felt that he had played his last card and shot his last bolt, and that Diana definitely wished to be rid of him. Example: She began yelling at the two victims involved in the accident and told them to get out of her way. Example: Once she was out of his way, the throne was all his. Example: Small businesses need to shrug off the preconceived notion that advertising is uber-expensive.» quitarse de en medio de bulla y corriendo = run for + cover ; scramble for + safety ; run for + safety ; scurry for + cover ; scurry for + refuge .
Example: Guards in the lead car of the convoy threw their doors open and ran for cover, screaming, 'Get away, get away'. Example: With ominous clouds looming overhead, a huge clap of thunder sent all players scrambling for safety during Sunday night's game. Example: Photo of policemen run for safety as protesters chase them away with stones and sticks near the site of a collapsed footbridge. Example: They usually come to Israel each year to study or work, but this time found themselves instead scurrying for cover as Hamas rained missiles on Israel. Example: The demolition of a Phoenix hotel is sending rats and mice scurrying for refuge in nearby buildings.» quitarse de + Posesivo + camino = get out of + Posesivo + way ; be out of + Posesivo + way .
Example: She began yelling at the two victims involved in the accident and told them to get out of her way. Example: Once she was out of his way, the throne was all his.» quitarse el amargor de (la) boca = get over .
Example: If you're trying to get over a break-up, you're not alone -- just about everyone experiences the type of grief we call heartbreak at one time or another.» quitarse el polvo = dust + Reflexivo + off .
Example: Terror attacks have come with depressing regularity to Mumbai -- and each time the city, brought to its knees, has dusted itself off and forged on.» quitarse el sombrero = take + Posesivo + hat off .
Example: He stood up and almost took his hat off before he remembered his cowlick.» quitarse el sombrero ante = hats off to + Nombre [En señal de reconocimiento y admiración] ; take + Posesivo + hat off to .
Example: The title of her welcoming address was 'Hats off to paraprofessionals' paying tribute to the versatility of the paraprofessional. Example: Nothing is impossible when it comes to creativity and innovation and the experts are taking their hats off to Coca-Cola for doing this.» quitarse la ropa = undress ; disrobe [Pincha en para ver otras palabras que comienzan con este prefijo] ; strip down ; take + Posesivo + clothes off ; take + Posesivo + kit off ; strip off .
Example: First the women undressed, pulled on their bathing dresses and covered their heads in hideous caps like sponge bags; then the children were unbuttoned. Example: Sometimes undressing is virtually compulsory as at the airport where you may obliged to disrobe in order to board your flight. Example: She took him back to her place and stripped down then had him follow her into the shower. Example: Once he reached the summit, he took his clothes off and stood there for 3 minutes naked. Example: The minute she turned 18, the frisky young woman took her kit off in front of the camera and hasn't looked back since. Example: A mother and her three children were arrested after stripping off and running stark naked around a high school parking lot.» quitarse la ropa de la cintura para abajo = strip from + the waist downwards .
Example: Dope tests are usually done with the athletes stripped from the waist downwards and with the same sex officials in the room.» quitarse la ropa de la cintura para arriba = strip from + the waist upwards .
Example: hI hate X-rays and scan cos they always make me strip from the waist upwards.» quitarse la vida = take + Posesivo + (own) life ; top + Reflexivo .
Example: The painting shows Dido standing before a funeral pyre just prior to taking her own life. Example: He wanted me to follow his wife and when he found out she was having an affair he topped himself.» quitársele a Uno las ganas = put + Nombre + off .
Example: Whatever the situation, prepared for or unexpected, it is always too easy to overplay one's hand, praising a book so extravagantly, so effusively, that many children are put off.» quitársele a Uno las ganas de comer = go off + Posesivo + food ; go off + Posesivo + oats .
Example: The vet came out again three weeks ago when she last went off her food and she had a shot of penicillin and has been fine since too. Example: I have a friend who, as soon as she is under stress, goes off her oats, and gets all pale.» quitarse los zapatos = kick off + Posesivo + shoes .
Example: Goa with its beautiful palm-fringed beaches beckons even the most discerning traveler to kick off their shoes, walk on sandy shores and take life as it come.» quitarse una mala reputación = clean up + a bad reputation .
Example: While it is much better to get off to a good start to begin with, there are things that can be done to clean up a bad reputation.» quitarse un (buen) peso de encima = get + a (real) weight off + Posesivo + chest .
Example: He said he would feel better and get a weight off his chest if he explained his side of the incident.» quitarse un peso de encima = take + a weight off + Posesivo + mind ; take + a load off + Posesivo + mind ; get + Nombre + off + Posesivo + chest ; get + things off + Posesivo + chest ; get it off + Posesivo + chest ; take + a load off + Reflexivo ; take + a weight off + Posesivo + shoulders .
Example: Mr Smith praised the police for bringing the teenagers to justice, saying their detection had taken a weight off his mind. Example: I think we would have done it eventually, but not as quickly as this and, with time being of the essence, this has really taken a load off her mind. Example: It really feels good to get my dissatisfaction and frustrations off my chest by complaining. Example: She said that the conversation that they had with the stranger helped her tremendously as it allowed her to get things off her chest. Example: Maybe she should talk to Alex about what was going on -- it could be good to get it off her chest and hear someone else's opinion. Example: I'm keeping my fingers crossed for the scholarship -- it would certainly take a load off myself and my family having everything paid for. Example: She decided to lighten up for once and take all the weight off her shoulders and be a dim-witted, fun-lover like her father.» quitar trascendencia = play + Nombre + down .
Example: It's easier to play things down then hold your ground.» quitar una idea = wipe away + an idea .
Example: The US Supreme Court's 1991 decision in favour of Feist wiped away the idea that 'sweat of the brow' is adequate for a copyright claim.» quitar una maldición = lift + a curse .
Example: She has no faith in doctors, blames his paralysis on black magic and wishes to take him home so the curse can be lifted by faqirs.» quitar una preocupación = allay + concern .
Example: New requirements on data protection may help to allay concerns about the supply of personal data for membership registration purposes, including Internet access.» quitar un peso de encima = remove + a burden from + Posesivo + shoulders .
Example: Perhaps what they all do more importantly than anything else is to remove the burden from the teachers' shoulders.» quitar un peso de encima a Alguien = lift + a weight off + Posesivo + shoulders .
Example: In a sense, the release of this new album has lifted a weight off his shoulders and bookended his first six years as a solo artist.» quitar valor = devalue ; deflate .
Example: This does not devalue the comparison between enumerative classification and menu-based information retrieval system. Example: These developments deflate some traditional assumptions about and privileges associated with scientific and technical knowledge.» tener + que quitarse el sombrero = have to hand it to + Nombre + (for) .
Example: I have to hand it to you, maybe you've got some booze in you or maybe you just like to hang loose, but you put on quite a show.» ya lo quitas, ya lo pones = burn-'em-down-build-'em-up .
Example: But if they don't, the practical result of those burn-'em-down-build-'em-up Phoenix schedules is to destroy call-number integrity = Pero si no es así, el resultado práctico de esas clases fénix que ya las quitas, ya las pones es destruir la integridad de la signatura topográfica.