finish

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈfɪnɪʃ/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈfɪnɪʃ/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(finish)

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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Principal Translations
InglésEspañol
finish [sth] vtr (task: complete)terminar, acabar vtr
  completar vtr
 He will finish the translation in the next 30 minutes.
 Él terminará la traducción en los próximos 30 minutos.
finish doing [sth] v expr (task: complete)terminar de vi + prep
  acabar de vi + prep
 Tania finished cooking dinner and served it up.
 Tania terminó de cocinar la cena y la sirvió.
finish [sth] vtr (use up, exhaust)terminar, acabar vtr
  agotar vtr
 She finished the box of cereal and had to open another one.
 Ella acabó (or: terminó) los cereales y tuvo que abrir otra caja.
finish [sth] vtr (race: reach end of)terminar vtr
  completar vtr
 She finished the race in 35 minutes.
 Terminó la carrera en 35 minutos.
finish vi (come to an end)terminar vi
  acabar vi
 My class finishes at noon.
 Mi clase termina al mediodía.
finish vi (complete [sth])terminar, acabar vi
 Please finish so that we can leave.
 Por favor termina (or: acaba) para que nos podamos ir.
finish n (end of a race)meta nf
 She reached the finish first.
 Ella llegó a la meta en primer lugar.
finish n (end of a process)final nm
 I'm nearing the finish. I just have to write a conclusion.
 Estoy llegando al final. Sólo me queda escribir una conclusión.
finish n (decisive ending)fin nm
  finalización, conclusión nf
  término nm
 The home team beat the visiting team in a dramatic finish.
 El equipo local venció al visitante en un dramático final.
finish n (surface coating)acabado nm
 The table looks good with the new cherry finish.
 La mesa se ve bien con el nuevo acabado en cerezo.
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Additional Translations
InglésEspañol
finish n (social polish)buenas maneras loc nom f
 She got her finish from the Walton School for Girls.
 Aprendió sus buenas maneras en la Escuela Walton para Señoritas.
finish n (surface coating material)acabado nm
 Did you buy another can of mahogany finish at the store?
 ¿Compraste en la tienda otra lata de acabado caoba?
finish n (sports: completion of goal)anotación nf
 A superb finish by the young striker had spectators leaping to their feet.
 La increíble anotación del joven delantero hizo que los aficionados se levantaran de sus asientos.
finish [sth] vtr (coat: an object)dar acabado loc verb
 Now that we have built the chair, we need to finish it with a cherry stain.
 Ahora que hemos construido la silla, tenemos que darle acabado con un tinte color cereza.
finish [sb] vtr dated, formal (teach social graces to) (obsoleto)pulirse v prnl
  refinar vtr
 She was sent to a school in Switzerland to be finished.
 La enviaron a pulirse a una escuela en Suiza.
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Locuciones verbales
InglésEspañol
finish [sth] off,
finish off [sth]
vtr phrasal sep
(complete, perfect)terminar vtr
  completar vtr
  acabar vtr
 Finish off the report before you go home.
 Termina el informe antes de irte.
finish [sth] off,
finish off [sth]
vtr phrasal sep
informal (consume all of)terminar vtr
 John finished off his meal and then left the house.
 Juan terminó la comida y después se retiró de la casa.
finish [sb/sth] off,
finish off [sb/sth]
vtr phrasal sep
informal (kill)matar a vtr + prep
  (informal)acabar con vi + prep
 That 30-mile walk has just about finished me off.
 Esa caminata de 50 kilómetros por poco me mata.
finish [sth] up,
finish up [sth]
vtr phrasal sep
informal (complete)terminar vtr
 I have to finish up my homework before going to the mall.
 Tengo que terminar la tarea antes de ir al centro comercial.
finish [sth] up,
finish up [sth]
vtr phrasal sep
informal (eat all of) (coloquial)acabarse, terminarse v prnl
 You have to finish up your vegetables before having dessert.
 Debes acabarte las verduras si quieres comer postre.
finish up vi phrasal informal (complete [sth])terminar vtr
 Let's finish up and go home.
 Terminemos y vayámonos a casa.
finish up vi phrasal informal, UK (arrive somewhere)llegar vtr
 After failing to get a table at three different restaurants, we finished up at the chip shop.
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Compound Forms:
InglésEspañol
finish line,
finishing line
n
(race: end point)línea de meta loc nom f
  meta nf
  llegada nf
 Only twelve runners crossed the finishing line.
 Solo doce corredores cruzaron la línea de meta.
finish with [sb] vi + prep (end relationship) (relación)cortar con, acabar con loc verb
 When he discovered his girlfriend had been unfaithful he finished with her.
 Cuando descubrió que su novia le había sido infiel cortó con ella.
finish with [sth] vi + prep (have no further need of)terminar con algo, acabar con algo loc verb
Note: most often used in the perfect tenses
 Have you finished with this newspaper?
from start to finish adv (all the way through)de principio a fin, desde el principio hasta el final loc adv
 He won the race, having been in the lead from start to finish.
 Ganó la carrera, habiendo estado en la punta de principio a fin.
never finish vi (continue indefinitely)no acabarse nunca loc verb
 Esta oración no es una traducción de la original. Parece que esta semana no se acaba nunca.
  continuar indefinidamente vi + adv
 Esta oración no es una traducción de la original. Parece que esta semana continuará indefinidamente.
photo finish,
photo-finish
n
(extremely close race result) (voz inglesa)foto finish loc nom mf
romp to the finish,
romp to the finish line
v expr
figurative, informal (race: win easily)ganar con facilidad loc verb
surface finish n (texture)acabado nm
 Puedes elegir entre acabado mate o brillo.
winning post,
finishing post,
finish post
n
(post on a racetrack)meta nf
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Collocations: finish [your work, my chores, her exam, his homework], had a [strong, weak] finish, [reached, crossed] the finish line, more...

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