SPANISH VERB REFERENCE

finalizar

to finalize, finish

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Conjugations

Present Presente

Habits, current states, and general facts.

finalizar: Present
SubjectVerb formListen
yofinalizo
túfinalizas
él / ella / ustedfinaliza
nosotros / nosotrasfinalizamos
vosotros / vosotrasfinalizáis
ellos / ellas / ustedesfinalizan

Preterite Pretérito perfecto simple

Actions viewed as completed events in the past.

finalizar: Preterite
SubjectVerb formListen
yofinalicé
túfinalizaste
él / ella / ustedfinalizó
nosotros / nosotrasfinalizamos
vosotros / vosotrasfinalizasteis
ellos / ellas / ustedesfinalizaron

Imperfect Pretérito imperfecto

Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.

finalizar: Imperfect
SubjectVerb formListen
yofinalizaba
túfinalizabas
él / ella / ustedfinalizaba
nosotros / nosotrasfinalizábamos
vosotros / vosotrasfinalizabais
ellos / ellas / ustedesfinalizaban

Future Futuro simple

Future events; also used to express a guess about the present.

finalizar: Future
SubjectVerb formListen
yofinalizaré
túfinalizarás
él / ella / ustedfinalizará
nosotros / nosotrasfinalizaremos
vosotros / vosotrasfinalizaréis
ellos / ellas / ustedesfinalizarán

Conditional Condicional simple

Hypothetical events and some polite requests.

finalizar: Conditional
SubjectVerb formListen
yofinalizaría
túfinalizarías
él / ella / ustedfinalizaría
nosotros / nosotrasfinalizaríamos
vosotros / vosotrasfinalizaríais
ellos / ellas / ustedesfinalizarían

Present subjunctive Presente de subjuntivo

Used in certain clauses expressing wishes, doubt, feelings, and other non-asserted situations.

finalizar: Present subjunctive
SubjectVerb formListen
yofinalice
túfinalices
él / ella / ustedfinalice
nosotros / nosotrasfinalicemos
vosotros / vosotrasfinalicéis
ellos / ellas / ustedesfinalicen

Use ustedes for plural “you” in Latin America. Its verb form matches ellos / ellas. Vos forms are not included. Google voice when available; device voice as a fallback.

Meaning & usage

  • to finalize, finish
  • to end

English glosses are a starting point. The meaning of a verb can change with context, a preposition, or se. Read the full dictionary entry ↗

Meanings and conjugation data adapted from English Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org / Wiktextract. Frequency scores from wordfreq 3.1.1 by Robyn Speer and contributors. Adapted data is available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Entry source · Sources, download & limitations

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