# terminar
## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin termināre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [tər.miˈna]
* IPA: (Valencia) [teɾ.miˈnaɾ]
* Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

### Verb

terminar (first-person singular present termino, first-person singular preterite terminí, past participle terminat)
* (transitive, intransitive) to finish, to end
    Synonyms: acabar, cessar, finalitzar, finir

#### Related terms

* terme
* terminable
* terminació
* terminal
* terminant
* terminatiu
* termini

### Further reading

* “terminar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
* “terminar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin termināre (“to limit; to finish”).

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /teʁ.miˈna(ʁ)/ [teɦ.miˈna(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /teʁ.miˈna(ʁ)/ [teɦ.miˈna(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /teɾ.miˈna(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /teʁ.miˈna(ʁ)/ [teʁ.miˈna(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /teɻ.miˈna(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /tɨɾ.miˈnaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /tɨɾ.miˈnaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /tɨɾ.miˈna.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: ter‧mi‧nar

### Verb

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.(please add an English translation of this quotation)
* (intransitive) to finish; to end (to be over)
    Synonyms: acabar, concluir-se
    O filme já terminou. ― The film has ended.
* (catenative) to finish [with de (+ infinitive) ‘doing something’]
    Synonym: acabar de
    O bolo já terminou de assar? ― Has the cake finished baking?
* (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’]
    Synonyms: resultar em, acabar em
    Os protestos terminaram no início da guerra civil. ― The protests ended up starting the civil war.
* (intransitive) to end with; to destroy; to bring to an end [with com ‘something’]
    Synonyms: acabar com, destruir, arruinar
    O fim da relação terminou com a minha felicidade. ― The break-up destroyed my happiness.
* (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)
    Synonyms: delimitar, demarcar
    Construí um muro para terminar meu terreno. ― I built a wall to limit my land.

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

#### Related terms

* exterminar
* terminação
* terminado
* terminal
* término
* termo

### Further reading

* “terminar”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
* “terminar”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
* “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, 2003–2025
* “terminar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “terminar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin termināre.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)
* IPA: /teɾmiˈnaɾ/ [t̪eɾ.miˈnaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: ter‧mi‧nar

### Verb

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
    Synonyms: acabar, cesar, finalizar
* (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

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

#### Derived terms

* terminar la noche (“to call it a night”)
* terminar por hoy (“to call it a day”)

#### Related terms

* interminable
* terminación
* terminado
* terminal
* término

### References

* ↑ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983) “término”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume V (Ri–X), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 471

### Further reading

* “terminar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10