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despedir

despedir

Portuguese

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Verb

despedir (first-person singular present indicative despeço, past participle despedido)

  1. (transitive) fire (terminate the employment of)
  2. (reflexive) To say goodbye to someone.

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin de + expetere, from petere.[1]

Verb

despedir (first-person singular present despido, first-person singular preterite despedí, past participle despedido)

  1. to dismiss.
  2. to fire from a job.
    Está usted despedido.
    You're fired.
  3. (reflexive) de To say goodbye to someone.

Conjugation

  • Rule: e weakens to i in certain conjugations.

References

  1. http://lema.rae.es/drae/?val=despedir Real Academia Española