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despedir

/despeˈdiɾ/

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verb/despeˈdiɾ/

to dismiss; to fire from a job; to say goodbye (to someone)

Está usted despedido.You're fired.

From Old Spanish espedir (“to ask to leave”), influenced by des-, from expetō (“to claim, to demand”), from petō (“to request, to seek”).