finishing

final

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An adjective is a word that describes a noun (e.g. the big dog).

adjective

1. (last)

a. final (touch)

His performance put the finishing touch on a night full of magic and glamor.Su actuación puso el toque final a una noche llena de magia y glamour.

b. último (touch)

The gardeners put the finishing touches on the garden and now it looks perfect.Los jardineros dieron los últimos toques al jardín y ahora se ve perfecto.

2. (sports)

a. de meta (line)

My horse tripped and never made it across the finishing line.Mi caballo tropezó y nunca cruzó la línea de meta.

A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling or idea (e.g. man, dog, house).

noun

3. (sports) (United Kingdom)

a. el remate

(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).

(M)

The player has been working on his finishing in training.El jugador ha estado tratando de mejorar su remate en los entrenamientos.

b. la actuación

(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).

(F)

His team is justified in letting him go after his finishing in recent games.Su actuación en los últimos partidos justifica que su equipo decidiera prescindir de él.

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finishing

An adjective is a word that describes a noun (e.g. the big dog).

adjective

1. (general)

to put the finishing touches to somethingdar los últimos (re)toques a algo

finishing linelínea de meta

finishing schoolescuela privada de etiqueta para señoritas

finishing [ˈfɪnɪʃɪŋ]

noun

1 [of product] acabado (m)

I told him his clocks were beautiful but the finishing was amateurish the boys help with sanding the wood; she does the finishing, packaging, marketing and bookkeeping

2 especially (Britain) (Ftbl) capacidad (f) de remate

His finishing is deadly a game cluttered with earnest tackling and devoid of incisive finishing or saves Our finishing was abysmal. If I had gone on I could have got five goals

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finishing line (n) (Dep) línea (f) de meta; meta (f)

finishing school (n) escuela privada para señoritas donde se les enseña a comportarse en la alta sociedad

finishing touch (n) toque (m) final

that lovely blue calf bag you bought will add the finishing touch to your outfit LUSH meadows stretch into the distance, dramatic cliffs tower over long, sandy beaches and, adding the finishing touch to a rural idyll, stone cottages dot the horizon For the finishing touch to your hairstyle, there are hairclips adorned with pearls and gold braid Enfield is shelling out loadsamoney on the finishing touches to his listed home in London's Regent's Park

to put the finishing touches to sth dar los últimos toques a algo

as I was putting the finishing touches to this book, a recent collection of articles on capitalism in the Third World was published Wilder is putting the finishing touches to his announcement speech White House negotiators hope to put the finishing touches to a deficit-reduction plan today

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