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/fin/
Translation
end, purpose
Word origin
From Latin finis ('boundary, limit, end').
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- finis
- English cognates
- finish, final, finite
Grammar
Examples
, .
You finally arrived, I had been waiting an hour.
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At the weekend we are going to the beach.
mejorar, practicar .
With the aim of improving, you have to practise every day.
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I have finally finished the report I had been writing for weeks.
, .
The end is not always worth the means, she says.
Used in
Stories
(11)Cinco mil palabras después
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El autobús perdido
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Espero que vengáis
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La habitación libre
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La promesa de Lucía
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Lleva toda la mañana
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María lleva una hora esperando
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Más vale tarde que nunca
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Menudo desastre
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Por todas partes
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El primer día de Laura
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Grammar articles
(7)Spanish Advanced Grammar (C1-C2): The Constructions That Sound Native
Spanish Adverbs of Place, Time and Degree (aquí, todavía, muy vs mucho)
Conjugating Spanish Reflexive Verbs in the Present Tense
Spanish Connectors of Cause and Consequence: porque, ya que, por lo tanto, así que
Spanish Slang and Chat: decoding tio, guay, o sea, xq (the informal register)
The Spanish Pluperfect (había hablado)
Spanish Subjunctive in Adverbial Clauses
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