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terminare

to end

verb ter-mee-NAH-reh Less Common

Origin: Latin terminare, from terminus (boundary)

Also means

to terminate

Usage Note

Terminare can be both transitive (terminare il lavoro = 'to finish the work') and intransitive (il film termina alle dieci = 'the film ends at ten'). As an intransitive it takes essere or avere depending on regional usage; avere is safer. More formal than finire.

Examples

"Il corso termina a giugno."

Natural Translation

The course ends in June.

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