terminar
Spanish, verb/teɾmiˈnaɾ/
terminar is spelled T-E-R-M-I-N-A-R (8 letters) and appears 78 times per million words in written Spanish, the 1,138th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Terminar is a Spanish verb meaning “to (cause to) finish, to (cause to) end, to (cause to) terminate, to (cause to) conclude” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Poner fin o llevar a su término una cosa”.
What does terminar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to (cause to) finish, to (cause to) end, to (cause to) terminate, to (cause to) conclude
- 2
to finish, to end, to terminate, to be over, to conclude (of a thing)
- 3
to end up, to wind up, to turn out
- 4
to break up, to be done, to be through, to be over (a relationship - doesn't have to be romantic)
Si haces eso, ¡hemos terminado! ¡No volvería a hablar contigo nunca más!
- 5
to end up with
- 6
to put an end to, to be done with, to destroy, to annihilate
- 7
to terminate (an account)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Poner fin o llevar a su término una cosa. 2. Ejecutar la parte final de una obra. 3. Ingerir un alimento, o bebida, hasta acabar con él.
verb: 1. Ir una cosa hacia su fin. 2. Deteriorarse la amistad o sentimientos entre dos o más personas. 3. Ir una enfermedad hacia su fin. 4. Ir la vida hacia su fin.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of terminar
- termino first-person present singular
- terminé first-person preterite singular
- terminado participle past
- terminando gerund
- terminada feminine participle past
- terminados masculine participle past
- terminadas feminine participle past
- terminas indicative informal present
- terminás indicative informal present
- termina indicative present singular
- terminamos first-person indicative plural
- termináis indicative plural present
- terminan indicative plural present
- terminaba first-person imperfect indicative
- terminabas imperfect indicative second-person
- terminábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- terminabais imperfect indicative plural
- terminaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce terminar?
- /teɾmiˈnaɾ/
- [t̪eɾ.miˈnaɾ]
- [t̪eɾmiˈnaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to terminar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is terminar in Spanish?
terminar appears 78 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).