English translation of 'finir'
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transitive verb
to finish
Je viens de finir ce livre. I’ve just finished this book.
finir de faire qch to finish doing sth
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intransitive verb
to finish ⧫ to end
Le cours finit à onze heures. The lesson finishes at 11 o’clock.
finir quelque part to end up somewhere ⧫ to finish up somewhere
finir par faire to end up doing
Il a fini par rentrer chez lui à pied. He ended up walking home.
Il a fini par se décider. He made up his mind in the end.
finir en tragédie to end in tragedy
en finir avec to be done with
il va mal finir. he will come to a bad end.
c’est bientôt fini ? (reproche) have you quite finished?
à n’en plus finir [discussions] never-ending
Verb conjugations for finir
Presentje finistu finisil/elle finitnous finissonsvous finissezils/elles finissentFutureje finiraitu finirasil/elle finiranous finironsvous finirezils/elles finirontImperfectje finissaistu finissaisil/elle finissaitnous finissionsvous finissiezils/elles finissaientPresent Perfectj'ai finitu as finiil/elle a fininous avons finivous avez finiils/elles ont fini
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A 89 ans, elle n'aspirait plus qu'à une seule chose : finir ses jours là où elle avait toujours vécu.Le ras-le-bol des administrés
Les troupes devaient ensuite finir de se retirer de la ville.Le Nouvel Observateur (2002)
Pour les tenants de l'ultra libéralisme, il devient urgent d'en finir avec ce très mauvais exemple.Le Nouvel Observateur (2003)
Pressé d'en finir, il pourrait toutefois rejeter en bloc toute modification.Le Nouvel Observateur (2003)
Tout ce qui doit finir est déjà fini C'était une citation du Roi se meurt de Ionesco !Les anges et les faucons
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finir
British English: end
/ɛnd/ VERB
When a situation or activity ends, or when something or someone ends it, it stops.
The meeting quickly ended and I left the room.
- American English: end
- Arabic: يَنْتَهي
- Brazilian Portuguese: terminar
- Chinese: 结束
- Croatian: završiti
- Czech: končit
- Danish: slutte
- Dutch: eindigen
- European Spanish: finalizar
- Finnish: loppua
- French: finir
- German: beenden
- Greek: τελειώνω
- Italian: terminare
- Japanese: 終わる
- Korean: 끝나다
- Norwegian: slutte
- Polish: skończyć
- European Portuguese: terminar
- Romanian: a termina
- Russian: заканчивать
- Latin American Spanish: finalizar
- Swedish: avsluta
- Thai: ทำให้สิ้นสุด
- Turkish: sona erdirmek
- Ukrainian: закінчуватися
- Vietnamese: kết thúc
British English: finish
/ˈfɪnɪʃ/ VERB
When you finish doing or dealing with something, you do or deal with the last part of it, so that there is no more for you to do or deal with.
As soon as he'd finished eating, he excused himself.
- American English: finish
- Arabic: يُكْمِلُ
- Brazilian Portuguese: terminar
- Chinese: 完成
- Croatian: završiti
- Czech: dodělat
- Danish: slutte
- Dutch: voltooien
- European Spanish: acabar
- Finnish: lopettaa
- French: finir
- German: beenden
- Greek: τελειώνω
- Italian: finire
- Japanese: 終える
- Korean: ...을 끝내다
- Norwegian: avslutte
- Polish: skończyć
- European Portuguese: terminar
- Romanian: a termina
- Russian: заканчивать
- Latin American Spanish: acabar
- Swedish: avsluta
- Thai: เสร็จสิ้น
- Turkish: bitmek son bulmak
- Ukrainian: закінчувати
- Vietnamese: kết thúc
British English: use up
/juːz ʌp/ VERB
If you use up a supply of something, you finish it so that none of it is left.
Did you use up the milk?
- American English: use up
- Arabic: يَسْتَهْلِكُ
- Brazilian Portuguese: esgotar
- Chinese: 用完
- Croatian: potrošiti
- Czech: spotřebovat vše
- Danish: bruge op
- Dutch: opgebruiken
- European Spanish: gastar
- Finnish: käyttää loppuun
- French: finir
- German: aufbrauchen
- Greek: εξαντλώ
- Italian: consumare
- Japanese: 使い果たす
- Korean: 다 써버리다
- Norwegian: bruke opp
- Polish: zużyć
- European Portuguese: gastar
- Romanian: a consuma
- Russian: израсходовать
- Latin American Spanish: consumir
- Swedish: göra slut på
- Thai: ใช้จนหมด
- Turkish: bitirmek
- Ukrainian: використати до кінця
- Vietnamese: dùng hết
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