finar

finar (first-person singular indicative present fino, past participle fináu)

1. to finish

   Synonym: acabar

From fi +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [fiˈna]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [fiˈnaɾ]

finar (first-person singular present fino, first-person singular preterite finí, past participle finat)

1. (intransitive, euphemistic) to die

   Synonyms: expirar, traspassar

2. (transitive, archaic) to finish, to end

   Synonym: finir

• “finar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “finar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “finar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “finar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

From Old Galician-Portuguese finar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from fin (“end”) +‎ -ar; compare also Old Galician-Portuguese fĩir.

• IPA^(key): /fiˈnaɾ/

finar (first-person singular present fino, first-person singular preterite finei, past participle finado)

1. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to die

   Synonyms: expirar, falecer, morrer

2. (intransitive) to die
   • 1383, M. Mar Graña Cid (ed.), Las órdenes mendicantes en el obispado de Mondoñedo. El convento de san Martín de Villaoriente (1374-1500). Separata de Estudios Mindonienses, page 182:

     Item mando enterrar meu corpo, se desta doença finar, en no adro desta Santa Maria

     Item, I command to bury my body, if I die from this disease, in the churchyard of this [church of] Saint Mary

   Synonyms: expirar, falecer, morrer

• finado

• fin (“end”)
• fenecer

• “finar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “finar” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “finar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “finar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012
• “finar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “finar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• “finar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) from Latin finis.

• IPA^(key): /fiˈnar/

finar (present tense finas, past tense finis, future tense finos, imperative finez, conditional finus)

1. (transitive, intransitive) to end, to finish

From fim (“end”) +‎ -ar.

• Hyphenation: fi‧nar

finar (first-person singular present fino, first-person singular preterite finei, past participle finado)

1. (intransitive) to finish (to come to an end)

   Synonyms: acabar, findar, terminar

2. to debilitate; to enfeeble

   Synonyms: debilitar, enfraquecer, esmorecer

3. (takes a reflexive pronoun, euphemistic) to die (become dead)

   Synonyms: falecer, morrer, ir dessa para uma melhor, partir

• “finar” in iDicionário Aulete.
• “finar” in Dicionário inFormal.
• “finar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “finar” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
• “finar” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
• “finar” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

From fin (“end”) +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): /fiˈnaɾ/ [fiˈnaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: fi‧nar

finar (first-person singular present fino, first-person singular preterite finé, past participle finado)

1. to pass on, pass away (die)
2. (reflexive) to yearn, long

• “finar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014