dimitir
to resign
verb dee-mee-TEER Less Common
Origin: From Latin dimittere (to send away, to release).
Usage Note
Dimitir means to formally resign from a position, especially a political or official one: el ministro dimitió de su cargo (the minister resigned from his post). It is intransitive in standard use — the preposition de introduces the position resigned from. The noun is dimisión (resignation).
Examples
"El alcalde decidió dimitir por el escándalo."
Natural Translation
The mayor decided to resign because of the scandal.
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