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"to finish, to end" in seven languages

Meaningto finish, to end

Spanish

terminar

/teɾmiˈnaɾ/

other source · learned, from Latin TERMINĀRE 'to set a boundary'

Acabar (from cabo 'end' ← CAPUT 'head') is just as common.

French

finir

/finiʁ/

inherited

Italian

finire

/fiˈnire/

inherited

Portuguese

terminar

/tehmiˈnah/

other source · learned, from Latin TERMINĀRE 'to set a boundary'

Romanian

termina

/termiˈna/

other source · learned, from Latin TERMINĀRE (and French terminer)

Catalan

acabar

/əkəˈba/

other source · from cap 'head, end' (Latin CAPUT)

English

finish

/ˈfɪnɪʃ/

from Latin/French · Old French finir (finiss-)

English → Italianto finish, to endfinireCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share

The Latin ancestor

FĪNĪRE‘to limit, end’

All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.

The story

French and Italian end at the FĪNIS 'boundary'; Spanish everyday terminar is a learned word for the same idea, beside native acabar 'to come to a head'.

English relatives: finish, final, finite, define (FĪNĪRE); terminal, terminate (TERMINĀRE)

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In a sentence

  • esLa película termina a las diez.
  • frLe film finit à dix heures.
  • itIl film finisce alle dieci.
  • ptO filme termina às dez.
  • roFilmul se termină la zece.
  • caLa pel·lícula acaba a les deu.
  • enThe film finishes at ten.

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