What Does This Mean?
Brazilian Portuguese gaming slang meaning to leave an online match before it ends, often while losing; "o cara quitou" means the player dropped out. This is the gaming sense, borrowed from English "quit", and is unrelated to the ordinary Portuguese and Spanish verb "quitar" (to remove, to pay off).
REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE
""O adversário quitou no segundo tempo e a partida não valeu", the player wrote in the forum."
LORE & ORIGIN
The gaming sense is an adaptation of English "quit" with the Portuguese -ar ending; the ordinary dictionary verb "quitar" has a different, older origin and the Portuguese Wiktionary entry lists no gaming sense. Usage is visible in Brazilian player forums, for example complaints about opponents who quit a football-game match. No glossary with a dated first use was found.
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