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despedirlo

to fire him, to dismiss him, to say goodbye to him

→ despedir
des undo, remove, or reverse + pedir to ask for, to request + lo Third-person singular direct object
verb Rare #42,201
to fire him, to dismiss him The ending -lo means “him” or “it.”
SP: No podemos despedirlo sin hablar con él primero.
EN: We can't fire him without talking to him first.
to say goodbye to him The ending -lo means “him” or “it.”
SP: Fuimos a despedirlo al aeropuerto.
EN: We went to say goodbye to him at the airport.
Conjugation of despedir
SingularPlural
First — despedirnos
Second despedirte —
despedirmedespedirdespedirsedespedirlo
Past
despedido
Imperative
SingularPlural
Second despídete —
Third despida despidan
Indicative past
SingularPlural
First despedí despedimos
Second despediste —
Third despidió despidieron
Indicative present
SingularPlural
First — despedimos
Third despide —
Subjunctive present
SingularPlural
First — despedimos
Third despide —
Present
despidiendo
Indicative future
SingularPlural
Third — despedirán
Subjunctive future
SingularPlural
Third — despedirán

Para empezar, debemos despedirlo a él.

First of all, we must fire him.

No puedes despedirlo.

You can't fire him.

— Ratatouille (2007)

Y todavía viene a despedirlo.

And she still comes to say goodbye to him.

— La historia oficial (1985)

Para despedirlo.

To say goodbye to him.

— La Vida es Bella (1997)

¡Deberíamos despedirlo!

We should fire him!

— Астенический синдром (1989)

Nos vamos a llevar el Galaxy de vacaciones este fin de semana para despedirlo.

We're taking the Galaxy on vacation this weekend to say goodbye to it.

— Roma (2018)

No podemos despedirlo sin más.

We can't just fire him.