termina

See also: terminá and terminà

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [tərˈmi.nə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [teɾˈmi.na]

Verb

termina

1. inflection of terminar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɛʁ.mi.na/

Verb

termina

1. third-person singular past historic of terminer

Anagrams

• marient, martien, Martien, Martine, mentira, minaret

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛr.mi.na/
• Rhymes: -ɛrmina
• Hyphenation: tèr‧mi‧na

Verb

termina

1. inflection of terminare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• armenti, materni, mentirà, mirante, rimante

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈtɛr.mɪ.naː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈt̪ɛr.mi.na]

Verb

terminā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of terminō

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ter‧mi‧na

Verb

termina

1. inflection of terminar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Romanian

Alternative forms

• термина (termina) — post-1930s Cyrillic spelling

Etymology

Borrowed from French terminer, Latin terminare. First attested in 1823.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ter.miˈna/

• Audio (female voice):

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• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: ter‧mi‧na

Verb

a termina (third-person singular present termină or (very dated) terminează, past participle terminat) 1st conjugation

1. (transitive or (informally) intransitive with supine and de) to finish, complete

   Muncitorii termină în curând construcția.

   The workers are finishing the construction soon.

   Am terminat de pus la loc totul.

   I’ve finished putting everything back.

2. (transitive) to finish (use up something in its entirety)
3. (reflexive) to end (run its course)

   Când s-a terminat filmul?

   When did the film end?

4. (reflexive) to run out
5. (intransitive, often in imperative) to stop or quit doing something [with cu (+ supine)]

   Termină odată cu oftatul!

   Stop sighing already!

6. (intransitive or transitive with placeholder o, informal) to be through with something or someone (cease association) [with cu]
7. (reflexive, vulgar) to cum, finish, orgasm
8. (transitive, colloquial) to severely affect something or someone

Usage notes

In standard language, barytone inflected forms are accented on the first syllable. Some speakers pronounce these forms with stress on the second syllable.

Conjugation

    conjugation of termina (first conjugation, no infix)

infinitive			a termina
gerund			terminând
past participle			terminat
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	termin	termini	termină	terminăm	terminați	termină
	imperfect	terminam	terminai	termina	terminam	terminați	terminau
	simple perfect	terminai	terminași	termină	terminarăm	terminarăți	terminară
	pluperfect	terminasem	terminaseși	terminase	terminaserăm	terminaserăți	terminaseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să termin	să termini	să termine	să terminăm	să terminați	să termine
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		termină			terminați
	negative		nu termina			nu terminați

Synonyms

• (finish): încheia, finaliza
• (end): înceta, se sfârși, lua sfârșit
• (run out): se epuiza
• (stop): înceta

Related terms

• interminabil
• terminație

References

• “termina”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025
• Iorgu Iordan, Alexandru Graur, Ion Coteanu, editors (1982), Dicționarul Limbii Române‎^[1], volume 11, part 2, Bucharest: Academy of the Socialist Republic of Romania, page 207
• Ana-Maria Barbu (2017) “termina”, in Dicționar de contexte verbale [The Valence Lexicon of Romanian Verbs], Bucharest University Press, →ISBN, page 336

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /teɾˈmina/ [t̪eɾˈmi.na]

• Audio (Spain):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ina
• Syllabification: ter‧mi‧na

Verb

termina

1. inflection of terminar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative