él quitó

removed, took off

k i ˈt o → quitar
quit remove; take away + ó 3rd person singular past tense
verb · third singular · past indicative Uncommon #10,752
removed, took off Past tense (preterite): “he/she/you (formal) removed/took off.”
SP: Quitó la tapa de la botella.
EN: He/She took the cap off the bottle.
Conjugation of quitar
Indicative past
SingularPlural
First quité quitamos
Second quitaste —
Third quitó quitaron

El tiempo nos quitó muchas cosas.

Time has taken many things from us.

Tom quitó el anzuelo de la boca del pescado.

Tom removed the hook from the fish's mouth.

Sí, porque se lo quitó.

Yes, because he took it off.

— Sin piedad (2026)

Nos quitó mucha tierra de Manchuria.

He took a lot of land from Manchuria from us.

— El último emperador (1987)

Sí, Lévesque me lo quitó.

Yes, Lévesque took it from me.

— Las invasiones bárbaras (2003)

La pérdida de mi hija me quitó las ganas de vivir.

The loss of my daughter took away my will to live.

El hombre que se llevó a Finn nos la quitó.

The man who took Finn took her from us.

— Black Phone 2 (2025)

Se lo quitó a la fuerza.

He took it from her by force.

Tom quitó la nieve de la entrada para el automóvil.

Tom cleared the snow from the driveway.

No nos lo quitó, nosotros le quitamos su dinero.

He didn't take it from us; we took his money.

— Atrápame si puedes (2002)

Yanni quitó la cadena de la puerta.

Yanni removed the chain from the door.

Jimena me quitó la diadema.

Jimena took my headband off me.

— Amores perros (2000)

No, tu jefe me lo quitó.

No, your boss took it from me.

— El botín (2026)

Se me quitó un peso de encima.

A weight has been lifted off my shoulders.

El candidato independiente quitó el tema del aborto de su programa.

The independent candidate removed the issue of abortion from his platform.

Ya se me quitó el dolor de cabeza.

My headache is gone.

Mi padre me quitó mi juguete de las manos.

My father took my toy out of my hands.

Me quitó un peso de encima.

It took a weight off my shoulders.

— Uno de los nuestros (1990)

Fischer me quitó la mitad del texto.

Fischer removed half of the text from me.

— Academia Rushmore (1998)

Quitó las placas del camión.

He removed the license plates from the truck.

— Sin piedad (2026)

Me la quitó a mí.

They took her away from me.

— Lindas y letales (2026)

Tom quitó el polvo de la lámpara vieja.

Tom dusted the old lamp.

Me lo quitó todo.

He took everything away from me.

— Un simple accidente (2025)

Nos quitó una estrella con su última crítica.

He took away a star with his last review.

— Ratatouille (2007)

Él nos los quitó.

He took them away from us.

— Buena suerte, pásalo bien, no mueras (2026)

Ella quitó los documentos del escritorio.

She removed the documents from the desk.

Se lo quitó.

He took it off.

En la sexta entrada, se los quitó y jugó en calcetines.

In the sixth inning, he took them off and played in his socks.

— Campo de sueños (1989)

Limpió todo el apartamento y quitó el polvo.

She cleaned the entire apartment and dusted it.

— El agente secreto (2025)

Tom quitó la tapa de la caja.

Tom removed the lid from the box.

Nos lo quitó.

He took it from us.

Tomás quitó el dedo del gatillo.

Tomás took his finger off the trigger.

Dios dio y Dios quitó.

God gave and God has taken away.