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demitir

demitir

Portuguese

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Verb

demitir ‎(first-person singular present indicative demito, past participle demitido)

  1. to fire (terminate the employment of)
  2. to dismiss, displace

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Etymology

From Latin dēmittere, present infinitive of dēmittō ‎(“I bring down”), from de ‎(“from, away from, down from”) + mittō ‎(“send; emit; throw, cast”), from Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂-, *mith₂- ‎(“to exchange, remove”).

Pronunciation

  • (Paulista) IPA(key): /de.mi.ˈt͡ʃi(ɹ)/
  • (South Brazil) IPA(key): /de.mi.ˈt͡ʃi(ɻ)/
  • (Carioca) IPA(key): /de.mi.ˈt͡ʃi(χ)/

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