How to say “finish” in 36 languages
Every one of these is a word that turns up in ordinary speech, not a dictionary curiosity — the number beside it is where it ranks in that language.
It is commonest in Chinese, where 完成 is the 143rd most used word.
- Albanian mbaruar to complete, to finish #501
- Arabic أرفض to finish or get finished #2,121
- Armenian վերջին end, ending, finish #195
- Basque amaitu to finish off, end, conclude #185
- Bulgarian свърша to finish, to complete #1,459
- Catalan acabat to finish, complete #297
- Chinese 完成 to complete; to finish; to fulfill #143
- Czech skončit to finish, to end #1,508
- Danish slut to end, to finish #535
- Dutch ophouden to finish, end #1,250
- English complete To finish; to make done; to reach the end #1,259
- Esperanto finiĝis to come to an end, finish #672
- Finnish lopeta to stop, end, finish, quit #302
- French fini to finish, end, complete #305
- Galician rematou to finish #796
- Georgian დასრულება to finish #1,382
- German erledigt to finish, to finalize, to complete, to see… #1,009
- Greek τέλος end, finish #293
- Hebrew סוף An end, a finish #253
- Hungarian végezni to finish, to end, to complete #2,491
- Icelandic klára to finish #667
- Indonesian menghabiskan to finish #595
- Italian finito to finish #393
- Latvian beidz to finish #262
- Lithuanian baik to finish #345
- Macedonian заврши to end, finish #263
- Norwegian avslutte to finish, end, conclude #1,766
- Polish skończy to end, to finish #1,184
- Portuguese acabou to finish #390
- Romanian termina to finish, complete #941
- Russian закончить to finish, to end #1,471
- Spanish acaba to finish; to end #603
- Tagalog wakas end; finish; conclusion #320
- Turkish bitti to end, to finish #362
- Ukrainian закінчити to end, to finish, to complete, to conclude #1,720
- Vietnamese nốt #1,801
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.