Spanish-English translations for quitar

abolish
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Slavery was abolished in the nineteenth century
abstractHe was wholly abstracted by other objects.He abstracted out the square root function.

bereave
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Death bereaved him of his wife.The castaways were bereft of hope.
depriveIn this case, the means will deprive us of the very democracies we are supposed to be defending. Los medios nos quitarán las democracias que deberíamos defender. Certain persons, acting on the margins, certain persons acting anti-democratically, so wrongly deprived these people of their lives. Algunas personas que actúan al margen, algunas personas que actúan de manera antidemocrática, han cometido el delito de quitar la vida a estas personas. The argument that Mr Poettering himself used has come into play, i.e. that it would only be possible to deprive Haider of his mystique if he were to be integrated into the political system. Me voy a referir al argumento que también ha empleado el Sr. Poettering en el sentido de que sólo se podrán quitar los dientes a Haider si se integra en el sistema político.
get rid ofIn this way, it was possible to get rid of a significant amount of heavy goods vehicles on the road and I hope that this continues. De este modo, podremos quitar de la circulación por carretera a un número importante de vehículos. Espero que se continúe por este camino. I want to get rid of your influence over my life!
remove
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We simply wish to remove the words 'in Croatia'. Simplemente queremos quitar las palabras "en Croacia". How do you remove and dispose of 100 million hens in 24 hours? ¿Cómo se puede quitar y disponer de 100 millones de gallinas en 24 horas? Two: FARC needs to be removed from the list of terrorist organisations. Dos: quitar a las FARC de la lista de organizaciones terroristas.
rob
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That will just be robbing Peter to pay Paul. Es decir, que se trata de dar con una mano y quitar con la otra. It should not, as the rapporteur has said, involve robbing the first pillar in order to fund the second. Como ha dicho la ponente, no debería llevar a quitar fondos del primer pilar para financiar el segundo. He robbed three banks before he was caught
take awayNo one can take away a person's life and dignity, not even individual States. Nadie puede quitar la vida y la dignidad a una persona, ni siquiera los Estados. The Union should not take away from the poor countries with one hand what is given with the other. La Unión no debe quitar con una mano a los países pobres lo que les da con la otra. Mother took our plates away and came back with some fruit for us to eat