fino

From Spanish fino (“fine”). Doublet of fine.

fino (plural finos)

1. The driest and palest type of traditional sherry.

• Info., ONFI, foin, info, info-

fino

1. first-person singular present indicative of finar

fino

1. first-person singular present indicative of finar

Common Romance, from Latin finis.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfino/

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• Rhymes: -ino
• Hyphenation: fi‧no

fino (accusative singular finon, plural finoj, accusative plural finojn)

1. end, ending

• alfinigi (“to complete, bring to a conclusion”)
• finstacio (“terminus”)

Regularized from Old Galician-Portuguese fin, fina (“fine”), from Latin finis (“end”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰnh₂-. Doublet of fin, "the end".

• IPA^(key): [ˈfin̪ʊ]

fino (feminine fina, masculine plural finos, feminine plural finas)

1. thin (having little thickness)

   Synonym: delgado

   Antonym: groso

2. smart
3. stylish
4. fine (consisting of especially minute particulate)
5. (of sound) high-pitched

   Synonym: agudo

6. fine (of superior quality)
   • c. 1300, R. Lorenzo, editor, La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla, Ourense: I.E.O.P.F, page 576:

     Et el rrey et os omes onrrados comjã en escudelas et en talladores d'ouro fino

     The king and the noblemen were eating on trays and trenchers of fine gold

   • 1372, C. Rodríguez Núñez (ed.), "Santa María de Belvís, un convento mendicante femenino en la Baja Edad Media (1305-1400)", Estudios Mindonienses, 5, page 448:

     so penna de trynta marquos de prata finos

     under the penalty of thirty fine silver marks

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

• “fino”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

fino

1. first-person singular present indicative of finar

• IPA^(key): /ˈfino/

fino (plural fini)

1. end

From some such adjectival form as Vulgar Latin *fīnus, from Latin fīnis (“a boundary, limit”), whence Italian fine. The prepositional usage is directly paralleled in Latin fīne, fīnī (“up to, as far as”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈfi.no/
• Rhymes: -ino
• Hyphenation: fì‧no

fino

1. till, until, as far as

• sino

fino (feminine fina, masculine plural fini, feminine plural fine, superlative finissimo)

1. thin, fine

   Synonyms: acuto, fine

• → Turkish: fino

• fino in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
• fino in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
• fino in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

• foni, info

• Rhymes: -inu, (Brazil) -ĩnu
• Hyphenation: fi‧no

From Old Galician-Portuguese fin, from Latin finis (“end”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰnh₂-.

fino (feminine fina, masculine plural finos, feminine plural finas, comparable, comparative mais fino, superlative o mais fino or finíssimo, diminutive fininho)

1. thin (having little thickness)

   Synonyms: delgado, esguio

   Antonyms: espesso, grosso

   • 2005, Matthew D. Bauer, O Poder de Cura da Acupressura e da Acupuntura, Editora Pensamento, →ISBN, page 142:

     Se você sentir que a acupuntura incomoda, discuta o assunto com o seu acupunturista. Se não ficar satisfeito com o que ele lhe disser, procure outro acupunturista que use agulhas mais finas.

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2. slender; slim (having little body fat or flesh)

   Synonyms: delgado, esbelto, magro

   Antonyms: gordo, obeso

3. fine (of superior quality)
4. (of sound) high-pitched

   Synonym: agudo

   Antonym: grave

5. exhibiting finesse; elegant; graceful

• grã-fino
• tirar um fino

fino m (plural finos)

2. (Portugal, regional) draft beer (usually served in a 300ml glass)

   Synonym: (Portugal, regional) imperial

   Dois finos, por favor. ― Two small draft beers, please.

   • 2000, José de Melo, San Telmo, às quatro:

     Cheio de traquejo da vida, a isso não se faria rogado, pois claro, o Palhais, entre o chamamento da moça de serviço e o consabido sorriso de beirão: - Vender, vender, do que nós precisamos é de beber um fino. O jovem, traga quatro finos, ...

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Borrowed from Late Latin Finnus, from Proto-Germanic *finnaz.

fino (feminine fina, masculine plural finos, feminine plural finas)

1. Finnish (of or relating to Finland or Finns)

   Synonyms: finês, finlandês

fino m (plural finos)

1. Finn (Finnish person)

   Synonyms: finês, finlandês

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

fino

1. first-person singular present indicative of finar

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈfino/ [ˈfi.no]
• Rhymes: -ino
• Syllabification: fi‧no

From fin (“end”).

fino (feminine fina, masculine plural finos, feminine plural finas, superlative finísimo)

1. fine (particularly slender)
2. fine (consisting of especially minute particulate)
3. fine (of superior quality)
   1. courteous, educated

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

fino

1. first-person singular present indicative of finar
2. first-person singular present indicative of finir

• “fino”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
• “fino”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010

From fin +‎ -o.

• IPA^(key): /fiˈno/

fino

1. finally, in the end