Borrowed fromLatin termināre .
terminar (first-person singular present termino ,first-person singular preterite terminí ,past participle terminat )
( ambitransitive ) tofinish , toend Synonyms: acabar ,cessar ,finalitzar ,finir Borrowed fromLatin termināre ( “ to limit; to finish ” ) .
terminar (first-person singular present termino ,first-person singular preterite terminei ,past participle terminado )
( transitive ) tofinish ; tocomplete ( to reach the end of an activity ) Synonyms: completar ,finalizar ,acabar Demorou horas paraterminarmos a construção. ―It took hours forus to finish the building. 2011 , Sérgio Estrella, Rafael Neves, Rodrigo Estevam, Sérgio Oliveira, Alex Sandro de Mattos,Coleção Nintendo Blast - Ano 2 , GameBlast,page35 :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 outerminar a fase para poder salvar. (pleaseadd an English translation of this quotation) ( intransitive ) tofinish ; toend ( to be over ) Synonyms: acabar ,concluir -se O filme játerminou . ―The film hasended . ( catenative ) tofinish [with de ( +infinitive ) ‘doing something’ ]Synonym: acabar de O bolo játerminou de assar? ―Has the cakefinished baking? ( intransitive ) tobreak 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 Anaterminaram . ―John and Annbroke up . ( transitive ) to form theend orconclusion of; toconclude Synonym: concluir Uma barreiraterminava o caminho. ―A barrierwas at the end of the path. A morte das personagens principaisterminou a história. ―The death of the main charactersconcluded the story. ( intransitive ) toend ( to have as its end or conclusion ) [with em or com or por ‘in/with something’ ]Muitas palavrasterminam no sufixo -ação. ―Many wordsend with the suffix -ation. ( intransitive ) toend ( to have as its consequence ) [with em ‘in a result’ ]Synonyms: resultar em ,acabar em Os protestosterminaram no início da guerra civil. ―The protests ended up starting the civil war. ( intransitive ) toend with; todestroy ; to bring to an end [with com ‘something’ ]Synonyms: acabar com ,destruir ,arruinar O fim da relaçãoterminou com a minha felicidade. ―The break-updestroyed my happiness. ( catenative ) toend up ( to eventually (do something) ) [with por ( +infinitive ) ‘doing something’ ]Synonym: acabar Os soldadosterminaram por invadir a cidade. ―The soldiersended up invading the city. ( transitive ) tolimit ; tobound ( to form the boundaries of ) Synonyms: delimitar ,demarcar Construí um muro paraterminar meu terreno. ―I built a wall tolimit my land. 1 Brazilian Portuguese.2 European Portuguese.
“terminar ”, iniDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital,2008 –2025 “terminar ”, inDicionário inFormal (in Portuguese),2006 –2025 “terminar ” inDicionário Aberto based onNovo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo , 1913 “terminar ”, inDicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora,2003 –2025 “terminar ”, inMichaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos,2015 –2025 “terminar ”, inDicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam,2008 –2025 Borrowed fromLatin termināre .[ 1]
IPA (key ) : /teɾmiˈnaɾ/ [t̪eɾ.miˈnaɾ] Rhymes:-aɾ Syllabification:ter‧mi‧nar 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 ) tofinish , toend , toterminate , to beover , toconclude ( of a thing ) toend up , towind up , toturn out tobreak up , to bedone , to bethrough , to beover ( a relationship - doesn't have to be romantic ) [with con ‘someone’ ]Synonym: romper Si haces eso, ¡hemosterminado ! ¡No volvería a hablar contigo nunca más! If you do that, weare through ! I would never speak to you again! toend up with [with con ‘something’ ] toput an end to , to be done with, todestroy , toannihilate [with con ‘someone/something’ ]Synonyms: poner fin a ,acabar con 1 Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.2 Argentine and Uruguayanvoseo prefers thetú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms ofterminar
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
singular plural 1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person with infinitiveterminar dative terminarme terminarte terminarle ,terminarse terminarnos terminaros terminarles ,terminarse accusative terminarme terminarte terminarlo ,terminarla ,terminarse terminarnos terminaros terminarlos ,terminarlas ,terminarse with gerundterminando dative terminándome terminándote terminándole ,terminándose terminándonos terminándoos terminándoles ,terminándose accusative terminándome terminándote terminándolo ,terminándola ,terminándose terminándonos terminándoos terminándolos ,terminándolas ,terminándose with informal second-person singulartú imperativetermina dative termíname termínate termínale termínanos not used termínales accusative termíname termínate termínalo ,termínala termínanos not used termínalos ,termínalas with informal second-person singularvos imperativeterminá dative terminame terminate terminale terminanos not used terminales accusative terminame terminate terminalo ,terminala terminanos not used terminalos ,terminalas with formal second-person singular imperativetermine dative termíneme not used termínele ,termínese termínenos not used termíneles accusative termíneme not used termínelo ,termínela ,termínese termínenos not used termínelos ,termínelas with first-person plural imperativeterminemos dative not used terminémoste terminémosle terminémonos terminémoos terminémosles accusative not used terminémoste terminémoslo ,terminémosla terminémonos terminémoos terminémoslos ,terminémoslas with informal second-person plural imperativeterminad dative terminadme not used terminadle terminadnos terminaos terminadles accusative terminadme not used terminadlo ,terminadla terminadnos terminaos terminadlos ,terminadlas with formal second-person plural imperativeterminen dative termínenme not used termínenle termínennos not used termínenles ,termínense accusative termínenme not used termínenlo ,termínenla termínennos not used termínenlos ,termínenlas ,termínense