| fire | No quería despedir a alguien nunca más. | She didn't want to have to fire anyone ever again. |
| fire | No puedo despedir a nuestro anunciador. | Sid? I can't fire our announcer. |
| fire | Me encantaría despedir a Antoinette y contratarla permanentemente. | I'd love to fire Antoinette and hire her permanently. |
| fire | Puedo despedir a quien yo quiera. | In fact, I can fire anyone I want. |
| fire | Te puedo despedir, si quieres. | But I could fire you if that would take the edge off. |
| fire | No puedes despedir a tu maravillosa asistente. | You can't fire that wonderful assistant of yours. |
| fire | Tendré que despedir a mi maquilladora. | Then I'll have to fire my make-up girl. |
| fire | Me va a despedir si se entera que estoy trabajando contigo. | He would fire me if he found out I was working with you. |
| fire | Pues, por desgracia, tuvimos que despedir al plomero. | Well, unfortunately, we had to fire the contractor. |
| fire | Acabas de hacerme despedir a 18 personas. | You just had me fire 18 people. |
| dismiss | Votaremos si debemos despedir al Dr.James Wilson. | This vote is whether to dismiss Dr. James Wilson. |
| dismiss | Lumumba intentó crear una crisis constitucional intentando despedir Kasavubu. | Lumumba tried to create a constitutional crisis by trying to dismiss Kasavubu. |
| dismiss | Un empleador no puede despedir a una trabajadora en razón de su embarazo. | Employers could not dismiss a female worker because of pregnancy. |
| lay off | Debo despedir a un par de personas. | In the next few weeks I have to lay off a couple of people. |
| lay off | Tuvieron que despedir a mil personas. | They had to lay off a thousand people. |