destituir
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== Catalan ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Latin dēstituere, with normal change of conjugation to -ir.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [dəs.ti.tuˈi]
IPA(key): (Valencia) [des.ti.tuˈiɾ]
IPA(key): (Northwestern) [des.ti.tuˈi]
Rhymes: -i(ɾ)
Homophone: destituí
=== Verb ===
destituir (first-person singular present destitueixo, first-person singular preterite destituí, past participle destituït)
(ditransitive) to deprive, dispossess (de of)
(transitive) to cashier, to lay off
Synonym: acomiadar
==== Conjugation ====
==== Related terms ====
destitució
=== Further reading ===
“destituir”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
“destituir”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
“destituir” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “destituir”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)
== Portuguese ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Latin dēstituere, with change of conjugation.
=== Pronunciation ===
Hyphenation: des‧ti‧tu‧ir
=== Verb ===
destituir (first-person singular present destituo, first-person singular preterite destituí, past participle destituído)
(transitive) to dismiss
(transitive) to exonerate
==== Conjugation ====
==== Related terms ====
destituição
=== Further reading ===
“destituir”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“destituir”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
== Spanish ==
=== Etymology ===
From Latin dēstituō.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /destiˈtwiɾ/ [d̪es.t̪iˈt̪wiɾ]
Rhymes: -iɾ
Syllabification: des‧ti‧tuir
=== Verb ===
destituir (first-person singular present destituyo, first-person singular preterite destituí, past participle destituido)
to dismiss, sack, lay off
Synonyms: despedir, expulsar
==== Conjugation ====
==== Related terms ====
=== Further reading ===
“destituir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025