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terminar (conjugate terminar) verbo transitivo ‹trabajo/estudio› to finish; ‹casa/obras› to finish, complete; ‹discusión/conflicto› to put an end to;◊ termina esa sopa finish up that soup;terminar la comida con un café to end the meal with a cup of coffee verbo intransitivo 1 [persona]a) (de hacer algo) to finish;terminar de hacer algo to finish doing sth;◊ déjame terminar de hablar let me finish (speaking)b) (en estado, situación) to end up;◊ terminé muy cansada I ended up feeling very tired;va a terminar mal he's going to come to a bad end; terminó marchándose or por marcharse he ended up leaving 2a) [reunión/situación] to end, come to an end;◊ al terminar la clase when the class ended;esto va a terminar mal this is going to turn out o end badlyb) (rematar) terminar EN algo to end in sth;◊ termina en consonante it ends in a consonantc) (llegar a):◊ no termina de convencerme I'm not totally convinced;no terminaba de gustarle she wasn't totally happy about it 3◊ terminar cona) (acabar) terminar con algo ‹con libro/tarea› to finish with sth;‹con problema/abuso› to put an end to sthb) terminar con algn (pelearse) to finish with sb;(matar) to kill sb terminarse verbo pronominal 1 [azúcar/pan] to run out;◊ se me terminó la lana I've run out of wool2 [curso/reunión] to come to an end, be over 3 (enf) ‹libro/comida› to finish, polish off
terminar
I verbo transitivo
1 (una tarea, objeto) to finish: ya terminó el jersey, she has already finished the pullover ➣ Ver nota en finish 2 (de comer, beber, gastar) to finish: te compraré otro cuando termines este frasco, I'll buy you another one when you finish this bottle
II verbo intransitivo
1 (cesar, poner fin) to finish, end: mi trabajo termina a las seis, I finish work at six o'clock
no termina de creérselo, he still can't believe it (dejar de necesitar, utilizar) ¿has terminado con el ordenador?, have you finished with the computer? (acabar la vida, carrera, etc) to end up: terminó amargada, she ended up being embittered
2 (eliminar, acabar) este niño terminará con mi paciencia, this boy is trying my patience
tenemos que terminar con esta situación, we have to put an end to this situation
3 (estar rematado) to end: termina en vocal, it ends with a vowel
terminaba en punta, it had a pointed end 'terminar' also found in these entries: Spanish: egresar - emplear - enterrar - fijarse - frenesí - gastar - parar - rematar - sin - ventilarse - zanjar - acabar - completar - concluir - faltar - hasta - medio - mucho - para - pelear - por - último English: break up - cease - charge off - clock - close - complete - cooperation - crop up - drink up - eat up - end - end up - expire - finish - finish off - finish up - finish with - get through - graduate - knock off - leeway - near - stop - time limit - vain - wind up - and - break - concentrate - conclude - draw - drink - eat - finished - get - leave - nowhere - round - see - undone - unfinished - wind
English-spanish dictionary. 2013.