terminar
Catalan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Latin termināre.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [tər.miˈna]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [teɾ.miˈnaɾ]
- IPA(key): (Northwestern) [ter.miˈna]
Audio (Barcelona): (file) - Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
Verb
[edit]terminar (first-person singular present termino, first-person singular preterite terminí, past participle terminat)
- (ambitransitive) to finish, to end
- Synonyms: acabar, cessar, finalitzar, finir
Conjugation
[edit] Central Catalan conjugation of terminar (first conjugation)
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “terminar”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)
- “terminar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
Portuguese
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Portuguese terminar
Learned borrowing from Latin termināre (“to limit; to finish”).
Pronunciation
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Verb
[edit]terminar (first-person singular present termino, first-person singular preterite terminei, past participle terminado)
- (transitive) to finish; to complete (to reach the end of an activity)
- Synonyms: completar, finalizar, acabar
- Demorou horas para terminarmos a construção. ― It took hours for us to finish the building.
- 2011, Sérgio Estrella, Rafael Neves, Rodrigo Estevam, Sérgio Oliveira, Alex Sandro de Mattos, Coleção Nintendo Blast - Ano 2, GameBlast, page 35:
- Apesar de as fases serem enormes e terem uma duração máxima de 60 minutos, existe o recurso de quick save. Afinal, não faria sentido e não seria nada cômodo comprar um jogo portátil que não se pode jogar a qualquer hora e em qualquer lugar, sem precisar se preocupar em achar um save point ou terminar a fase para poder salvar.
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- (intransitive) to finish; to end (to be over)
- (catenative) to finish [with de (+ infinitive) ‘doing something’]
- (intransitive) to break up (to end a romantic relationship) [with com ‘someone’]
- Terminarei com a Maria hoje mesmo. ― I’ll break up with Mary today.
- O João e a Ana terminaram. ― John and Ann broke up.
- (transitive) to form the end or conclusion of; to conclude
- Synonym: concluir
- Uma barreira terminava o caminho. ― A barrier was at the end of the path.
- A morte das personagens principais terminou a história. ― The death of the main characters concluded the story.
- (intransitive) to end (to have as its end or conclusion) [with em or com or por ‘in/with something’]
- Muitas palavras terminam no sufixo -ação. ― Many words end with the suffix -ation.
- (intransitive) to end (to have as its consequence) [with em ‘in a result’]
- (intransitive) to end with; to destroy; to bring to an end [with com ‘something’]
- (catenative) to end up (to eventually (do something)) [with por (+ infinitive) ‘doing something’]
- Synonym: acabar
- Os soldados terminaram por invadir a cidade. ― The soldiers ended up invading the city.
- (transitive) to limit; to bound (to form the boundaries of)
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of terminar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “terminar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “terminar”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2026
- “terminar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “terminar”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
- “terminar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
- “terminar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
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Spanish terminar
Learned borrowing from Latin termināre.[1]
Pronunciation
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Verb
[edit]terminar (first-person singular present termino, first-person singular preterite terminé, past participle terminado)
- (transitive) to (cause to) finish, to (cause to) end, to (cause to) terminate, to (cause to) conclude
- (intransitive or pronominal) to finish, to end, to terminate, to be over, to conclude (of a thing)
- to end up, to wind up, to turn out
- to break up, to be done, to be through, to be over (a relationship - doesn't have to be romantic) [with con ‘someone’]
- Synonym: romper
- Si haces eso, ¡hemos terminado! ¡No volvería a hablar contigo nunca más!
- If you do that, we are through! I would never speak to you again!
- to end up with [with con ‘something’]
- to put an end to, to be done with, to destroy, to annihilate [with con ‘someone/something’]
- Synonyms: poner fin a, acabar con
- (Internet, transitive) to terminate (an account)
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of terminar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of terminar
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Derived terms
[edit]- terminar la noche (“to call it a night”)
- terminar por hoy (“to call it a day”)
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José Antonio (1983), “término”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic etymological dictionary][1] (in Spanish), volume V (Ri–X), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 471
Further reading
[edit]- “terminar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
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