see|quít
English

Pronunciation
w:AHD|AHD: /kwÄ­t/
w:IPA|IPA: /kwɪt/
w:SAMPA|SAMPA: /kwIt/
audio|en-us-quit.ogg|Audio (US)

Verb
en-verb|quits|quitting|quit or quitted

1. To stop doing something.
2. To give up a habit.
3. To leave a locality.
4. past of|quit

Usage notes
The past tense of quit is now quit for most speakers and writers; dictionaries usually allow quitted as an alternative, but it is rare or nonexistent in North America and Australia, and outnumbered by quit by about 16 to 1 in the British National Corpus.
In sense 1. this is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing). See Appendix:English catenative verbs

References
Pam Peters, The Cambridge Guide to English Usage, Cambridge University Press, p. 453.

Translations

trans-top|Stop something
Arabic: ARchar|تخ�� ع� IPAchar|(taxálla �an)
Catalan: deixar, aturar
Chinese: ��, �� (fàngqì)
Dutch: ophouden met, stoppen
Esperanto: �esi
Finnish: lopettaa, lakata
French: abandonner (NOT: quitter)
German: aufhören
Hungarian: abbahagyni
trans-mid
Italian: lasciare
Japanese: 止�� (yameru)
Korean: 그��� (geumanduda)
Portuguese: parar
Russian: б�о�а�� (brosát�)
Slovene: kon�ati
Spanish: dejar, parar
Swedish: sluta, sluta upp, upphöra, höra upp
Telugu: వదలిప����� (vadalipeTTu)
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trans-top|Give up
Catalan: deixar
Dutch: opgeven, stoppen met
Esperanto: �esi, rezigni
Finnish: luovuttaa, luopua
French: abandonner, NOT: quitter
German: aufgeben, sein lassen
trans-mid
Japanese: 止�� (yameru)
Portuguese: desistir
Spanish: dejar
Slovene: nehati
Swedish: sluta
Telugu: వద�ల���న� (vadulukonu)
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trans-top|Leave
Catalan: sortir, eixir
Dutch: verlaten
Esperanto: forlasi
Finnish: lähteä, poistua, jättää
French: quitter
trans-mid
German: verlassen
Japanese: ��� (yameru)
Portuguese: sair, abandonar
Spanish: salir, abandonar
Swedish: lämna
Telugu: వదలివ�ళ�ళ� (vadaliveLLu)
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trans-top|Translations to be checked
ttbc|Bulgarian: п�е��авам (1), �пи�ам (1), за��звам (2), нап��кам (3)
trans-mid
ttbc|Indonesian: keluar, henti|berhenti, henti|menghentikan
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Category:English irregular verbs

fr:quit
ko:quit
io:quit
hu:quit
ja:quit
pl:quit
ru:quit
fi:quit
ta:quit
te:quit
vi:quit
uk:quit
zh:quit

• 2007-11-14 08:53 - Jyril -

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