finar

finar (first-person singular indicative present fino, past participle fináu)

1. to finish

   Synonym: acabar

From fi +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencia)

finar (first-person singular present fino, first-person singular preterite finí, past participle finat)

1. (intransitive, euphemistic) to die

   Synonyms: expirar, traspassar

2. (transitive, archaic) to finish, to end

   Synonym: finir

• “finar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “finar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “finar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “finar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

From Old Galician-Portuguese finar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from fin (“end”) +‎ -ar; compare also Old Galician-Portuguese fĩir.

• IPA^(key): /fiˈnaɾ/

finar (first-person singular present fino, first-person singular preterite finei, past participle finado)

1. (pronominal) to die

   Synonyms: expirar, falecer, morrer

2. (intransitive) to die
   • 1383, M. Mar Graña Cid (ed.), Las órdenes mendicantes en el obispado de Mondoñedo. El convento de san Martín de Villaoriente (1374-1500). Separata de Estudios Mindonienses, page 182:

     Item mando enterrar meu corpo, se desta doença finar, en no adro desta Santa Maria

     Item, I command to bury my body, if I die from this disease, in the churchyard of this Saint Mary

   Synonyms: expirar, falecer, morrer

• finado

• fin (“end”)
• fenecer

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “finar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “finar”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “finar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “finar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “finar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “finar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “finar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) from Latin finis.

• IPA^(key): /fiˈnar/

finar (present tense finas, past tense finis, future tense finos, imperative finez, conditional finus)

1. (transitive, intransitive) to end, to finish

    Conjugation of finar

		present		past		future
infinitive		finar		finir		finor
tense		finas		finis		finos
conditional		finus
imperative		finez
adjective active participle		finanta		fininta		finonta
adverbial active participle		finante		fininte		finonte
nominal active participle	singular	finanto		fininto		finonto
	plural	finanti		fininti		finonti
adjective passive participle		finata		finita		finota
adverbial passive participle		finate		finite		finote
nominal passive participle	singular	finato		finito		finoto
	plural	finati		finiti		finoti

From fim (“end”) +‎ -ar.

• Hyphenation: fi‧nar

finar (first-person singular present fino, first-person singular preterite finei, past participle finado)

1. (intransitive) to finish (to come to an end)

   Synonyms: acabar, findar, terminar

2. to debilitate; to enfeeble

   Synonyms: debilitar, enfraquecer, esmorecer

3. (pronominal, euphemistic) to die (become dead)

   Synonyms: falecer, morrer, ir dessa para uma melhor, partir

• “finar”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “finar”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
• “finar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “finar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “finar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “finar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

From fin (“end”) +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): /fiˈnaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: fi‧nar

finar (first-person singular present fino, first-person singular preterite finé, past participle finado)

1. to pass on, pass away (die)
2. (reflexive) to yearn, long

• “finar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10