finito

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English

Etymology

From Spanish finito (“finished; finite”) and/or Italian finito (“finished; finite”). Both borrowed from Latin fīnītus. Doublet of finite.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /fɪnˈiː.təʊ/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)

Adjective

finito (not comparable)

  1. Finished; over with.
    • 2009 January 21, Duwayne Brooks, “A premature obituary”, in The Guardian‎:
      […] - it's dead, finito, past tense.

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Esperanto

Noun

finito (accusative singular finiton, plural finitoj, accusative plural finitojn)

  1. singular past nominal passive participle of fini

Ido

Pronunciation

Verb

finito

  1. singular nominal past passive participle of finar

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fiˈni.to/
  • Rhymes: -ito
  • Hyphenation: fi‧nì‧to

Adjective

finito (feminine finita, masculine plural finiti, feminine plural finite)

  1. finished
  2. finite
    Antonym: infinito

Derived terms

Noun

finito m (plural finiti)

  1. (philosophy) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Participle

finito (feminine finita, masculine plural finiti, feminine plural finite)

  1. past participle of finire

Further reading

  • finito in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
  • finito in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
  • finito in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
  • finito in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
  • finito in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
  • finito in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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Latin

Pronunciation

Verb

fīnītō

  1. second/third-person singular future active imperative of fīniō

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fīnītus (“finite; limited”), present passive participle of fīniō (“to finish; to limit”). Doublet of findo.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: fi‧ni‧to

Adjective

finito (feminine finita, masculine plural finitos, feminine plural finitas, not comparable)

  1. finite; limited
    Synonyms: limitado, restrito
    Antonyms: ilimitado, infinito
  2. finished; over
    Synonyms: acabado, terminado
    Antonym: inacabado

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Further reading

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fiˈnito/
  • Rhymes: -ito
  • Syllabification: fi‧ni‧to

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin fīnītus.

Adjective

finito (feminine finita, masculine plural finitos, feminine plural finitas)

  1. finite
    Antonym: infinito
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Etymology 2

From fino +‎ -ito.

Adjective

finito (feminine finita, masculine plural finitos, feminine plural finitas)

  1. Diminutive of fino
    • 2002, Griselda Gambaro, Teatro, →ISBN:
      En la cabeza tenía unos pelos finitos, pocos, ¡pero tan suaves!
      On his head he had some fine little hairs. Few, but so soft!

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