terminar

A. vt

• [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 Definition of finish in the British & World English dictionary Definition of finish in the US English dictionary Translate finish | into French | into German | into Italian

B. vi

• 1 [persona] a (de hacer algo) to finish terminar de hacer algo = to finish doing sth déjame terminar de hablar = let me finish (speaking) Definition of finish in the British & World English dictionary Definition of finish in the US English dictionary Translate finish | into French | into German | into Italian 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 Definition of end up in the British & World English dictionary Definition of end up in the US English dictionary Translate end up | into French | into German | into Italian

• 2 a [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 badly Definition of end in the British & World English dictionary Definition of end in the US English dictionary Translate end | into French | into German | into Italian b (rematar) terminar EN algo = to end in sth termina en consonante = it ends in a consonant c (llegar a) no termina de convencerme = I'm not totally convinced no terminaba de gustarle = she wasn't totally happy about it

• 3terminar con a (acabar) terminar con algo [con libro/tarea] = to finish with sth [con problema/abuso] to put an end to sth b terminar con algn (pelearse) = to finish with sb (matar) to kill sb