Used in a Sentence

quito

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for quito.

Editorial note

By ease into it, I mean start with 1 month in a super-backpacker-friendly place like Chiang Mai Thailand, Quito Ecuador, Antigua Guatemala.

Examples16
Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

The capital city of Ecuador.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of quito gathered in one view.

noun

The capital city of Ecuador.

noun

The capital of Pichincha province, Ecuador

noun

A canton (Quito Canton) in Pichincha province, Ecuador.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for quito.

noun

The capital city of Ecuador.

noun

The capital of Pichincha province, Ecuador

noun

A canton (Quito Canton) in Pichincha province, Ecuador.

noun

(historical) A historical province of colonial South America, corresponding to present-day Ecuador.

Example sentences

1

By ease into it, I mean start with 1 month in a super-backpacker-friendly place like Chiang Mai Thailand, Quito Ecuador, Antigua Guatemala.

2

I chose Cotopaxi because I lived in Quito and would often go camping at Cotopaxi with my dad.

3

The night before i was leaving, Quito was laying in the chair I usually sat in.

4

I watched Quito hunt and amuse himself during the day, and at night I would walk by him and whisper to him stories.

5

I lived in Quito Ecuador back in the late 70s/ early 80s.

6

I spent several weeks in Quito and everyone was quite friendly.

7

The same streets of Quito that were mortally perilous are now must-see features of package tourism; the bus journeys that would have taken 14 hours across the country now take 8.

8

This is somewhat reasonable, because you could have the same policy handling both Bogota and, say, Quito prefixes, so you just want to remove the Bogota part.

9

It's possible to alter oxygen masks deployment, I know for sure it must be done landing at some altitude airports like Quito which are higher up than normal cabin altitude.

10

It's not like President Obama would approve each and every asylum request centrally from the White House, so the London consul may have assumed a safe pass would be acceptable and then Quito had to negate it because they weren't ready to go that route.

Quote examples

1

In "Native Lords of Quito in the Age of the Incas: The Political Economy of North Andean Chiefdoms" Frank Salomon describes pre-Incan trade in the region surrounding Quito.

2

Quito replied, "I cannot eat you, you are a hole, you are empty...it will not fill me up." The hole replied..

3

My favorite quote from Woz's reply is this: "I awoke one night in Quito, Ecuador, this year and came up with a way to save a chip or two from the Apple II, and a trivial way to have the 2 grays of the Apple II be different (light gray and dark gray) but it’s 38 years too late." This is how you know you love your work.

Proper noun examples

1

Instead, it serves as a travel document that will allow him to travel to Quito, Ecuador's capital.

2

Quito vole hunts during the day, and comes inside to sleep on a tower pole of carpet at night.

3

It was fairly simple, and cheap, to fly from Panama City to Quito, via Bogata.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use quito in a sentence?

By ease into it, I mean start with 1 month in a super-backpacker-friendly place like Chiang Mai Thailand, Quito Ecuador, Antigua Guatemala.

What does quito mean?

The capital city of Ecuador.

What part of speech is quito?

quito is commonly used as noun.