finito

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

finito (not comparable)

  1. (slang) Finished; over with.
    • 2009 January 21, Duwayne Brooks, “A premature obituary”, in The Guardian[1]:
      [] - 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

  • IPA(key): /fiˈnito/

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

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian finito.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fiˈɲi.tɔ/
  • Rhymes: -itɔ
  • Syllabification: fi‧ni‧to

Interjection

finito

  1. (colloquial) end of story!, enough! (that is the definitive fact; there can be no argument)
    Synonyms: dość, szlus

Further reading

  • finito in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fiˈni.tu/

  • 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

Further reading

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fiˈnito/ [fiˈni.t̪o]
  • 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

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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