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terminar — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • break off verb To end something suddenly, especially a relationship, discussion or agreement.
  • cease verb To stop happening or existing; to come to an end.
  • close verb To shut something, removing a gap or opening.
  • complete verb To finish something so that nothing more remains to be done.
  • 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.
  • terminate verb To bring something to an end.

Senses

terminar is used for these senses in English:

  • break off (transitive) To discontinue abruptly.
  • break off (transitive, slang, AAVE) To give (someone) (something); to allow (someone) to take (something); to grant (someone) a share or portion of (something).
  • break up (intransitive, idiomatic) To dissolve; to part.
  • call off (transitive) To recall; to cancel or call a halt to.
  • cease (formal, intransitive) To stop.
  • 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.

break off — full definition

  1. verb To end something suddenly, especially a relationship, discussion or agreement.
  2. verb To detach a piece from a larger whole, or to come away from it.
  3. verb To stop speaking or doing something abruptly.

cease — full definition

  1. verb To stop happening or existing; to come to an end.
  2. verb To stop doing something.

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