How to say “finish” in 36 different 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.
- acaba/aˈkaba/ Spanish
- закончить[zɐˈkonʲt͡ɕɪtʲ] Russian
- დასრულება[d̥äsɾule̞bä] Georgian
“finish” in Spanish: acaba · French: fini · German: erledigt · Italian: finito · Portuguese: acabou · Russian: закончить
It is commonest in Latvian, where beidz is the 262nd most used word.
Finish in other languages, A to Z
- Albanian mbaruar/mbaɾuaɾ/ to complete, to finish #501
- Arabic أرفض/ʔar.fa.dˤa/ to finish or get finished #2,121
- Armenian վերջին/veɾˈt͡ʃʰin/ end, ending, finish #195
- Basque amaitu/amai̯tu/ to finish off, end, conclude #185
- Bulgarian свърша[ˈsvɤrʃɐ] to finish, to complete #1,459
- Catalan acabat[ə.kəˈβat] to finish, complete #297
- Chinese 完成/wän³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/ to complete; to finish; to fulfill #143
- Czech skončit[ˈskont͡ʃɪt] to finish, to end #1,508
- Danish slut/slut/ to end, to finish #535
- Dutch ophouden[ˈɔˤpˌɦʌ̞̈ʊ.də(n)] to finish, end #1,250
- English complete/kəmˈpliːt/ To finish; to make done; to reach the end #1,259
- Esperanto finiĝis/fiˈnidʒis/ to come to an end, finish #672
- Finnish lopeta/ˈlopeta/ to stop, end, finish, quit #302
- French fini/fi.ni/ to finish, end, complete #305
- Galician rematou/reˈmatou/ to finish #796
- Georgian დასრულება[d̥äsɾule̞bä] to finish #1,382
- German erledigt[ɛɐ̯ˈleːdɪçt] to finish, to finalize, to complete, to see… #1,009
- Greek τέλος/ˈte.los/ end, finish #293
- Hebrew סוף/ˈsof/ An end, a finish #253
- Hungarian végezni[ˈveːɡɛzni] to finish, to end, to complete #2,491
- Icelandic klára[ˈkʰlauːra] to finish #667
- Indonesian menghabiskan/məŋhaˈbiskan/ to finish #595
- Italian finito/fiˈni.to/ to finish #393
- Latvian beidz/ˈbeidz/ to finish #262
- Lithuanian baik[²ˈbɐɪˑk] to finish #345
- Macedonian заврши[ˈzavr̩ʃi] to end, finish #263
- Norwegian avslutte/ˈɑːvˌʃlʉtə/ to finish, end, conclude #1,766
- Polish skończy/ˈskɔɲ.t͡ʂɘ/ to end, to finish #1,184
- Portuguese acabou/a.kaˈbo(w)/ to finish #390
- Romanian termina/ter.miˈna/ to finish, complete #941
- Russian закончить[zɐˈkonʲt͡ɕɪtʲ] to finish, to end #1,471
- Spanish acaba/aˈkaba/ to finish; to end #603
- Tagalog wakas/waˈkas/ end; finish; conclusion #320
- Turkish bitti/bitˈti/ to end, to finish #362
- Ukrainian закінчити[zɐˈkʲint͡ʃete] to end, to finish, to complete, to conclude #1,720
- Vietnamese nốt[not̚˧˦] #1,801
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