demitir

• demittir (obsolete)

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

• Hyphenation: de‧mi‧tir

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

1. to fire (terminate the employment of)
2. to dismiss, displace
3. (reflexive) to resign (quit a job or position)

   Synonym: renunciar

• despedir, exonerar, destituir

• contratar, empregar