finito

English

Etymology

From Spanish finito (“finished; finite”) and/or Italian finito (“finished; finite”). Both borrowed from Latin fīnītus. Doublet of finite.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /fɪnˈiː.təʊ/

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Adjective

finito (not comparable)

1. Finished; over with.
   • 2009 January 21, Duwayne Brooks, “A premature obituary”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     […] - it's dead, finito, past tense.

Anagrams

• Fotini

Esperanto

Noun

finito (accusative singular finiton, plural finitoj, accusative plural finitojn)

1. singular past nominal passive participle of fini

Ido

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fiˈnito/

Verb

finito

1. singular nominal past passive participle of finar

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fiˈni.to/
• Rhymes: -ito
• Hyphenation: fi‧nì‧to

Adjective

finito (feminine finita, masculine plural finiti, feminine plural finite)

1. finished
2. finite

   Antonym: infinito

Derived terms

• finitamente

Noun

finito m (plural finiti)

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Participle

finito (feminine finita, masculine plural finiti, feminine plural finite)

1. past participle of finire

Further reading

• finito in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
• finito in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
• finito in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
• finito in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• finito in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
• finito in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• fotini, tifino, tifoni

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /fiːˈniː.toː/, [fiːˈniːt̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /fiˈni.to/, [fiˈniːt̪o]

Verb

fīnītō

1. second/third-person singular future active imperative of fīniō

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fīnītus (“finite; limited”), present passive participle of fīniō (“to finish; to limit”). Doublet of findo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fiˈni.tu/

• Hyphenation: fi‧ni‧to

Adjective

finito (feminine finita, masculine plural finitos, feminine plural finitas, not comparable)

1. finite; limited

   Synonyms: limitado, restrito

   Antonyms: ilimitado, infinito

2. finished; over

   Synonyms: acabado, terminado

   Antonym: inacabado

Related terms

• fim
• finidade

Further reading

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fiˈnito/ [fiˈni.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ito
• Syllabification: fi‧ni‧to

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin fīnītus.

Adjective

finito (feminine finita, masculine plural finitos, feminine plural finitas)

1. finite

   Antonym: infinito

Related terms

• finitud

 

Etymology 2

From fino +‎ -ito.

Adjective

finito (feminine finita, masculine plural finitos, feminine plural finitas)

1. Diminutive of fino
   • 2002, Griselda Gambaro, Teatro, →ISBN:

     En la cabeza tenía unos pelos finitos, pocos, ¡pero tan suaves!

     On his head he had some fine little hairs. Few, but so soft!

Further reading

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