finiquitar

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Spanish

Etymology

From finiquito (“severance pay”) +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /finikiˈtaɾ/
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: fi‧ni‧qui‧tar

Verb

finiquitar (first-person singular present finiquito, first-person singular preterite finiquité, past participle finiquitado)

  1. to close, terminate, finish off
    • 2015 September 13, “Hermoso, El Juli y Juan Bautista triunfan en la plaza francesa de Arlés”, in El País‎:
      Toreo largo, por abajo y muy ligado sobre todo por el pitón derecho, y alardes de rodillas para finiquitar a su antagonista a la primera con la espada.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of finiquitar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive finiquitar
gerund finiquitando
past participle masculine feminine
singular finiquitado finiquitada
plural finiquitados finiquitadas
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present finiquito finiquitastú
finiquitásvos 		finiquita finiquitamos finiquitáis finiquitan
imperfect finiquitaba finiquitabas finiquitaba finiquitábamos finiquitabais finiquitaban
preterite finiquité finiquitaste finiquitó finiquitamos finiquitasteis finiquitaron
future finiquitaré finiquitarás finiquitará finiquitaremos finiquitaréis finiquitarán
conditional finiquitaría finiquitarías finiquitaría finiquitaríamos finiquitaríais finiquitarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present finiquite finiquitestú
finiquitésvos2 		finiquite finiquitemos finiquitéis finiquiten
imperfect
(ra) 		finiquitara finiquitaras finiquitara finiquitáramos finiquitarais finiquitaran
imperfect
(se) 		finiquitase finiquitases finiquitase finiquitásemos finiquitaseis finiquitasen
future1 finiquitare finiquitares finiquitare finiquitáremos finiquitareis finiquitaren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative finiquitatú
finiquitávos 		finiquite finiquitemos finiquitad finiquiten
negative no finiquites no finiquite no finiquitemos no finiquitéis no finiquiten

1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of finiquitar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
with infinitive finiquitar
dative finiquitarme finiquitarte finiquitarle, finiquitarse finiquitarnos finiquitaros finiquitarles, finiquitarse
accusative finiquitarme finiquitarte finiquitarlo, finiquitarla, finiquitarse finiquitarnos finiquitaros finiquitarlos, finiquitarlas, finiquitarse
with gerund finiquitando
dative finiquitándome finiquitándote finiquitándole, finiquitándose finiquitándonos finiquitándoos finiquitándoles, finiquitándose
accusative finiquitándome finiquitándote finiquitándolo, finiquitándola, finiquitándose finiquitándonos finiquitándoos finiquitándolos, finiquitándolas, finiquitándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative finiquita
dative finiquítame finiquítate finiquítale finiquítanos not used finiquítales
accusative finiquítame finiquítate finiquítalo, finiquítala finiquítanos not used finiquítalos, finiquítalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative finiquitá
dative finiquitame finiquitate finiquitale finiquitanos not used finiquitales
accusative finiquitame finiquitate finiquitalo, finiquitala finiquitanos not used finiquitalos, finiquitalas
with formal second-person singular imperative finiquite
dative finiquíteme not used finiquítele, finiquítese finiquítenos not used finiquíteles
accusative finiquíteme not used finiquítelo, finiquítela, finiquítese finiquítenos not used finiquítelos, finiquítelas
with first-person plural imperative finiquitemos
dative not used finiquitémoste finiquitémosle finiquitémonos finiquitémoos finiquitémosles
accusative not used finiquitémoste finiquitémoslo, finiquitémosla finiquitémonos finiquitémoos finiquitémoslos, finiquitémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative finiquitad
dative finiquitadme not used finiquitadle finiquitadnos finiquitaos finiquitadles
accusative finiquitadme not used finiquitadlo, finiquitadla finiquitadnos finiquitaos finiquitadlos, finiquitadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative finiquiten
dative finiquítenme not used finiquítenle finiquítennos not used finiquítenles, finiquítense
accusative finiquítenme not used finiquítenlo, finiquítenla finiquítennos not used finiquítenlos, finiquítenlas, finiquítense

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