terminar — meaning in English
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English meaning
- absolve verb To officially clear someone of blame, guilt, or responsibility.
- close verb To shut something, removing a gap or opening.
- complete verb To finish something so that nothing more remains to be done.
- dump noun A site where waste or garbage is disposed of.
- end noun The final point of something in space or time.
- end up phrasal verb To reach a particular situation, place or state in the end, especially one that was not planned.
- finish verb To complete or bring something to an end.
- round adjective Shaped like a circle or sphere, with no sharp corners.
- split verb To divide something into parts, often along a line.
- terminate verb To bring something to an end.
- wind-up noun An act of teasing someone by telling them something untrue to see how they react, or the false story itself.
Senses
terminar is used for these senses in English:
- absolve (transitive, obsolete) To finish; to accomplish. [Attested from the late 16th century until the early 19th century.]
- close (intransitive) To finish; to come to an end.
- complete (ambitransitive) To finish; to make done; to reach the end.
- end (transitive) To finish, terminate.
- end up (copulative) To come to a final place, condition, or situation, sometimes unplanned or unexpected; to turn out.
- finish (transitive) To put an end to; to destroy.
- finish up (ambitransitive) To complete the last details of a task.
- round (with "out") To finish; to complete; to fill out; see also round out.
absolve — full definition
- verb To officially clear someone of blame, guilt, or responsibility.
- verb To formally forgive someone of their sins.
close — full definition
- verb To shut something, removing a gap or opening.
- verb To bring something to an end.
- verb To stop operating, whether for the day or permanently.
- adj Near in distance, time, or relationship.
- adj Almost even or evenly matched.