La Palabra Del Dia: "terminar"

Question

terminar ( tehr-mee-nahr' )

verb ( to finish, to end )

We are currently looking for a corrector for the Spanish sentences. If you are interested, please send me a pm. In the meantime, please help each other as you are able.

There are many native English speakers here, most of us can offer great suggestions to the English sentences. I will do my best to go through them all, too. Use today's Word of the Day in your own Spanish sentence (and include the English translation as well). Try to use the word in a completely new way and vote on the sentences you like best. The winner will be chosen based upon the correct use of the word as well as the number of votes.

Guidelines:

Write sentences at least 5 words long, but don't write a paragraph either. Write your Spanish sentence, but include the English translation as well. Make the corrections suggested by other users and moderators in the comments section (try not to use personal pronouns unless absolutely necessary). Use your own words! (Don't use a translator, copy from a book, use song lyrics, etc.) Please keep political, religious or personal statements to a minimum. This is a practice game.

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Examples:

1. ¿Cuándo terminará este desgraciado invierno?

When will this blasted winter end?

2. El reino de Luis XVI de Francia terminó con su decapitación en una guillotina en 1793.

The reign of Louis XVI of France ended with his decapitation on a guillotine in 1793.

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Have A Good Day

Buenos días, qué día tan bonito. - jrschenk, Jan 29, 2015

Buenas amigos. - ian-hill, Jan 29, 2015

Buenas dias mis amigos. ♥♥ De nada. - rac1, Jan 29, 2015

Stunning pic guapita. Gracias :-)! - Jraider, Jan 29, 2015

Welcome, JR. Thanks. :) - rac1, Jan 29, 2015

Answer 1

Don't worry, I'll finish eating in the blink of an eye.

No te preocupes, voy a terminar de comer en un plis plas.

Not good for you though. jeje - rac1, Jan 29, 2015

thanks for teaching me "en un plis plas" Glad whenever you show up here. - Sassette, Jan 30, 2015

what is "plis plas" amiga?? - Joydeep_Singh, Jan 30, 2015

"plis plas" no significa nada. "En un plis plas" es una expresión que significa "en un segundo, en un momento, muy rápido". :) - Cordobesa, Jan 30, 2015

ohh .. ok .. se puede usar formalmente o es solo para ocasiones informal.. - Joydeep_Singh, Jan 30, 2015

Es bastante informal. - Cordobesa, Jan 30, 2015

informales. - Joydeep_Singh, Jan 30, 2015

ohh ok .. gracias amiga .. - Joydeep_Singh, Jan 30, 2015

gracias por contestarme en un plis plas .. - Joydeep_Singh, Jan 30, 2015

Jajaja, muy bien, has entendido perfectamente su uso. :) - Cordobesa, Jan 30, 2015

Munch!!!!! - Jraider, Jan 30, 2015

Answer 2

La estrategia que empieza con una mentira no terminará bien.

The strategy that begins with a lie will not end well.

(Comment deleted by yours truly - see my last comment below)

:) - ian-hill, Jan 29, 2015

I agree, amigo. - rac1, Jan 29, 2015

Hola Jubi. Muy bien :-)!! - Jraider, Jan 29, 2015

Jubilado, as long as we have some corrections of that standard, I don't care what the person puts on their profile! I just feel glad to have help. - annierats, Jan 29, 2015

hi Jubilado. You are right. But with that said I am a HUGE tiempo fan because of the corrections. Also tiempo has "beginner" for English too. That really tells me that there was NO attempt to deceive. - Sassette, Jan 29, 2015

Just want to add that I usually avoid all caps because it equates to shouting. I used caps not to shout but to express my deep gratitude for tiempo's help. Of course I'm a fan of Jubilado too. - Sassette, Jan 29, 2015

Maybe I'm being arrogant (I hope not) but I'm not taking corrections as being accurate from someone who is a beginner in Spanish, only from someone who is fluent.. The estuvo / estaba question of an earlier post was correct according to my post ... - Jubilado, Jan 29, 2015

...because I asked a native Spanish speaker about it. I'm open to corrections from anyone because sometimes I just make stupid mistakes. - Jubilado, Jan 29, 2015

Jubilado, if a beginner can make this level of correctios they ar more than welcome to correct! - annierats, Jan 29, 2015

I have heard English spoken by people who learned from beginners. That is not what I am looking for here. I was not excoriating tiempo_de_es as being deceptive. I just have his (?) profile to go by. There - Jubilado, Jan 29, 2015

Is no way to contact her (?). As I said, anyone at any level can correct spelling, gender, even tense, errors, but my standard for total acceptance remains. - Jubilado, Jan 29, 2015

Tiempo didn't put a lot of thought into the profile. Tiempo's not alone! In fact I, myself, had to be told to fill out my profile. I didn't realize that it is important to take the profile seriously. - Sassette, Jan 29, 2015

Well, it is important to have the profile filled out because it helps to know at what level a person is in Spanish/English when answering their questions - rac1, Jan 29, 2015

I realize it is not something anyone has to do, but if you are here to learn Spanish or English, why would you not? - rac1, Jan 29, 2015

Look I feel I'm on board with Jubilado. I'm just concerned that if we get all emotional about this that we may scare tiempo off. And there goes all the help this person has been. - Sassette, Jan 30, 2015

I will write a PM - bosquederoble, Jan 30, 2015

Gracias, Bosque. "Tiempo_de_es" es hispanohablante y voy a recibir en el futuro sus correcciones gentilmente. Los aviso a uds. hacer lo mismo. - Jubilado, Jan 30, 2015

Answer 3

Todavía estoy aprendiendo a español porque estoy decidido a terminárlo terminar lo que empecé, y se está convirtiendo en un viaje, no un destino.

I am still learning Spanish because I am determined to finish what I began, and it is turning into a journey, not a destination.

You get my vote, it's just what i feel, but s they say, travelling is often better than arriving. - annierats, Jan 29, 2015

"Spanish" .... I think it will always be that way. - rac1, Jan 29, 2015

I really like the way "destino" means both destiny and destination, allowing all sorts of plays on words. - Manity, Jan 29, 2015

Bon voyage mi amigo :-)! - Jraider, Jan 29, 2015

don't know what the dog has to do with it but the message is spot on. I've got a long way to go in understand Spanish but I can tell it is a lifelong learning process without an end. Frustrating but good too because learning is fun. - Sassette, Jan 29, 2015

@TipaGal As to the dog... he looks pretty determined to go in a particular direction, and who doesn't love puppies? - jrschenk, Jan 29, 2015

I see your point. I guess I'm a cat woman :-) - Sassette, Jan 29, 2015

@TipaGal Yo tambien, tres gatos. ;) - jrschenk, Jan 29, 2015

no "a" needed after aprender my friend ... a is needed when aprender is followed by a verb in infinitive .. for example .. estoy aprendiendo a patinar .. - Joydeep_Singh, Jan 30, 2015

and join the lo with the verb ,, with an accent over a (terminarlo) - Joydeep_Singh, Jan 30, 2015

Y ... estoy de acuerdo contigo .. es un viaje sin fin... an endless voyage .. - Joydeep_Singh, Jan 30, 2015

@Joydeep_Sing Mil gracias por su ayuda. - jrschenk, Jan 30, 2015

Answer 4

Usted no me puede terminar, ¡Renuncio!

You can't fire me, I quit!

Take this job and shove it. - rac1, Jan 29, 2015

That's what I did, but without saying a word. :) - Raja-jani, Jan 29, 2015

When I was 18, I broke a rear axle doing cookies in the parking lot in my grand termination exit. I'd like to think I have matured some since then. :( - jrschenk, Jan 29, 2015

Way to go jrschenk. If you gotta go, go out in style :-)!!!!!!! - Jraider, Jan 29, 2015

"fire" = "despedir/echar" ;) - Cordobesa, Jan 29, 2015

terminarme sounds more like ... you cant terminate(kill) me... to terminate from the job is despedir .. - Joydeep_Singh, Jan 30, 2015

i once had a boss i didn't get along with, and she told me, "I'm going to have to terminate you!" :-)! - Jraider, Jan 30, 2015

Sorry amby....typo "I" ;-0! - Jraider, Jan 30, 2015

Answer 5

Ayer mi marido me preguntó si había perros en America del Sur antes que llegaran los conquistadores. No sabía, pero hace unos minutos acabé de leer un artículo muy interesante sobre el tema. Sí, había perros , pero eran perros para comer, y normalmente terminaron sus vidas con menos de un año de edad, como menú del día.

Yesterday my husband asked me if there were dogs in South America before the conquistadors arrived. I didn't know, but just a few minutes ago I finished reading a very interesting article about this. Yes, there were dogsl but they were for eating, and usually their lives came to an end before they were a year old, and they eded up as dish of the day.

the wardogs of Latin America

If anybody else is interested in this surprising fact, folow the link under the picture. - annierats, Jan 29, 2015

Thanks Annie. :) - rac1, Jan 29, 2015

Interesting annie! I wonder if they ever ate their horses??? - Jraider, Jan 29, 2015

@JRaider Probably not before 1492. :) - jrschenk, Jan 29, 2015

The horses were more use, but i expect they ate the lame ones.. - annierats, Jan 29, 2015

I'm not a dog lover, but eating dogs is so gross. Yuck! - Sassette, Jan 29, 2015

They had no other protein, the azrecs, it appears.. So they sent in 2000 dog ahead of themselves , in battles, before burning the enmy's supplies, then they could eat the dogs, later. Quite sensible, really, I suppose. - annierats, Jan 29, 2015

I read years ago (and do not have a source to tell), that there was a breed of dogs in North America which were raised for their "wool". Unfortunately they are extinct - both. - Jubilado, Jan 29, 2015

During and after the siege of Budapest in 1945, everybody was forced to eat the fallen horses. - porcupine7, Jan 30, 2015

you call it sensible Annie,,, it is horrible ... eating dogs .. disgusting :( - Joydeep_Singh, Jan 30, 2015

Answer 6

Creo que nosotros, estudiando lenguas nunca podemos terminar nuestros estudios, porque si hacemos , vamos a olvidarlo pronto.

I believe that we, studying languages can never finish our studies, because if we do, we forget it soon.

Claro, de mi experiencia también. - Jubilado, Jan 29, 2015

Yes porcu,and sooner than you woud think :-)! - Jraider, Jan 29, 2015

Es verdad. - annierats, Jan 29, 2015

That's true. - rac1, Jan 29, 2015

Gracias amigos - porcupine7, Jan 30, 2015

Si, tienes razon .. - Joydeep_Singh, Jan 30, 2015

Answer 7

El trabajo de padres es sin fin. Criar a los niños es como intentar despejar un camino de nieve cuando está nevando. Terminar no es posible...

The work of parents is endless. Raising children is like trying to clear a path while it's snowing. It is not possible to finish...

Es verdad :-)!!! - Jraider, Jan 29, 2015

I believe you. :) - rac1, Jan 29, 2015

Sí. - annierats, Jan 29, 2015

No, let me reassure you, eventually it finishes. And then you can sit back and watch while they start on the same work. - jennysk, Jan 30, 2015

Answer 8

Salió nada más terminar de comer.

She went out as soon as she’d finished eating.

He terminado de hacer mis deberes.

I’ve finished doing my homework.

No termino de entender lo que pasó.

I can’t understand what happened.

Thanks Sir Ian. xo - rac1, Jan 29, 2015

Sí. Gracias Sir ian :-)! - Jraider, Jan 29, 2015

De nada amigos. - ian-hill, Jan 29, 2015

thanks. got to try to remember "nada más" means "as soon as" - Sassette, Jan 29, 2015

Answer 9

Le dije a Valeria que esto iba a terminar mal ; subir la noria de Pripyat era demasiado indiscreto, ni que decir inmaduro, para dos chicas veinteañeras!

I warned Valeria that this could be dangerous; getting up on the Pripyat ferris wheel was rather tactless, not to say immature for two twenty something girls.

Hola Nanai. Welcome. :) I can't see your picture. - rac1, Jan 29, 2015

Chicas locas! - annierats, Jan 29, 2015

Ay! The picture was here! te lo juro! jajaja - nanai, Jan 29, 2015

A ver si puedo subirlo otra vez :/ - nanai, Jan 29, 2015

That looks old, and scary ;-)! - Jraider, Jan 30, 2015

Wonder why I keep losing the picture! Jah! :/ - nanai, Jan 30, 2015

Answer 10

Se va a terminar la batería de nuevo.

The battery is going to die again.

He must have one of the new galaxy phones with a charging problem like mine. grrr - rac1, Jan 29, 2015

Answer 11

Tan pronto como he terminado una frase para La Palabra del Día tengo que comenzar pensar en la próxima. Bueno, se parece así.

As soon as I have finished a sentence for The Word of the Day, I have to start thinking about the next one. Well, it seems like that.

I always look for you, mate. Maybe someday they'll have it posted in your morning. - Jubilado, Jan 30, 2015

Yo también. - jrschenk, Jan 30, 2015

I can swap back and forth so everyone gets a chance. :) - rac1, Jan 30, 2015

It's fine - I didn't mean that! Todo está bien! - jennysk, Jan 30, 2015

Answer 12

Recibí un libro como un regalo en 2005, pero he terminado de leerlo este año.

I received a book as a gift in 2005, but I have finished reading it this year.

Big book...lol - rac1, Jan 29, 2015

The book of wisdom??? - Jraider, Jan 29, 2015

Or maybe a book about women :P - Manity, Jan 29, 2015

Answer 13

Esto es lo que dice el anuncio de revista:

This is what the magazine ad says: Sorry! We apologize for our sleeping train operator who did not realize that the blue line had ended.

The CTA blue line goes to O'hare Airport where the accident occured. Let's give credit to the CTA for being upfront about their mistakes...or did I make this ad? :-) - Sassette, Jan 30, 2015

Wow! They probably knew they couldn't hide it and that it would eventually come out. - rac1, Jan 30, 2015

did you make that picture? 'nos disculpamos por nuestro operador de tren durmiente que no se dio cuenta que la linea azul había terminado' - Pablo064, Jan 30, 2015

@ tiempo_de_es As always, thanks so much for corrections. I didn't take the picture but I did make the ad out of it. Corrections have been made. - Sassette, Jan 30, 2015

votes for me are hard to come by. I feel the effort and result of this answer deserved 5 votes which is a key marker for me. I will have to decide if it's worth putting in this kind of effort in the future since it seems that my work is unappreciated. - Sassette, Jan 30, 2015

what's the importance of getting votes¿? do you get something in return? I don't know how helpful a vote can be to learn Spanish I mean put all your effort in learning Spanish & not in getting votes :D - Pablo064, Jan 30, 2015

Answer 14

Terminaré mi tarea pronto. I will finish my homework soon

Yikes! That's a lot of homework. :) - rac1, Jan 30, 2015

Answer 15

¿Terminará por agarrar el béisbol?

Will he end up catching the baseball?

I vote yes. :) - rac1, Jan 30, 2015