demitir
Portuguese edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Latin dēmittere (“to bring down”), from de (“from, away from, down from”) + mittō (“send; emit; throw, cast”), from Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂- (“to exchange, remove”).
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: de‧mi‧tir
Verb edit
demitir (first-person singular present demito, first-person singular preterite demiti, past participle demitido)
- to fire (terminate the employment of)
- to dismiss, displace
- (reflexive) to resign (quit a job or position)
- Synonym: renunciar
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of demitir (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)