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él quitó

removed, took away

k i ˈt o → quitar
quit remove, take off + ó 3rd-person singular preterite
verb · 3rd-person singular, past tense Uncommon #15,980
removed, took away Despite its resemblance to “quit,” it does not mean to stop doing something.
SP: Quitó los libros de la mesa.
EN: He took the books off the table.
Conjugation of quitar
Indicative past
SingularPlural
First quité quitamos
Second quitaste —
Third quitó quitaron

Tom quitó el polvo de la lámpara vieja.

Tom dusted the old lamp.

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

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

Jimena me quitó la diadema.

Jimena took my headband off me.

— Amores perros (2000)

Me la quitó a mí.

They took her away from me.

— Lindas y Letales (2026)

Nos quitó una estrella con su última crítica.

He took away a star with his last review.

— Ratatouille (2007)

Quitó las placas del camión.

He removed the license plates from the truck.

— Sin piedad (2026)

Yanni quitó la cadena de la puerta.

Yanni removed the chain from the door.

No, tu jefe me lo quitó.

No, your boss took it from me.

— El botín (2026)

Se lo quitó.

He took it off.

No nos lo quitó, nosotros le quitamos su dinero.

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

— Atrápame si puedes (2002)

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

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

— El Campo de los Sueños (1989)

Se me quitó un peso de encima.

A weight has been lifted off my shoulders.

¿Quién lo quitó?

Who removed it?

— Das weiße Band - Eine deutsche Kindergeschichte (2009)

Ya se me quitó el dolor de cabeza.

My headache is gone.

Tom quitó la nieve de la entrada para el automóvil.

Tom cleared the snow from the driveway.

Sí, Lévesque me lo quitó.

Yes, Lévesque took it from me.

— Les invasions barbares (2003)

Me lo quitó todo.

He took everything away from me.

— Fue solo un accidente (2025)

Sí, porque se lo quitó.

Yes, because he took it off.

— Sin piedad (2026)

Él nos los quitó.

He took them away from us.

— Buena suerte, diviértete, no mueras (2026)

Nos lo quitó.

He took it from us.

El hombre que se llevó a Finn nos la quitó.

The man who took Finn took her from us.

— Teléfono negro 2 (2025)

Dios dio y Dios quitó.

God gave and God has taken away.

Nos quitó mucha tierra de Manchuria.

He took a lot of land from Manchuria from us.

— El último emperador (1987)

Me quitó un peso de encima.

It took a weight off my shoulders.

— Buenos Muchachos (1990)

Limpió todo el apartamento y quitó el polvo.

She cleaned the entire apartment and dusted it.

— El agente secreto (2025)

Fischer me quitó la mitad del texto.

Fischer removed half of the text from me.

— Tres son multitud (1998)