| Principal Translations |
| 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. |
| Additional Translations |
| 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. |
Locuciones verbales
finish | finished |
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. |