How to conjugate Terminar in Spanish
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Indicative tenses of Terminar
- Terminar in the Indicative Present
- Terminar in the Indicative Preterite
- Terminar in the Indicative Imperfect
- Terminar in the Indicative Future
- Terminar in the Indicative Conditional
- Terminar in the Indicative Present Perfect
- Terminar in the Indicative Past Perfect
- Terminar in the Indicative Future Perfect
- Terminar in the Indicative Conditional Perfect
- Subjunctive tenses of Terminar
- Terminar in the Subjunctive Present
- Terminar in the Subjunctive Imperfect
- Terminar in the Subjunctive Future
- Terminar in the Subjunctive Present Perfect
- Terminar in the Subjunctive Past Perfect
- Terminar in the Subjunctive Future Perfect
- Imperative tenses of Terminar
- Terminar in the Imperative Affirmative
- Terminar in the Imperative Negative
- Example sentences and usage
Introduction
Terminar is the Spanish verb for to end, to terminate, to finish. It is a regular AR verb. Read on below to see how it is conjugated in the 16 major Spanish tenses!
| Spanish | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | terminar | to end, to terminate, to finish |
| Past participle | terminado | ended |
| Gerund | terminando | ending |
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Indicative Tenses of Terminar
Terminar in the Indicative Present
The Indicative Present of terminar is used to talk about situations, events or thoughts that are happening now or in the near future. It is also used to talk about facts and truths. For example, "termino la historia con una broma", meaning "I end the story with a joke".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | termino | I end |
| Tú | terminas | you end |
| Ella / Él / Usted | termina | s/he end, you (formal) end |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | terminamos | we end |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | termináis | you (plural) end |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | terminan | they end, you (plural formal) end |
Terminar in the Indicative Preterite
The Indicative Preterite of terminar is used to talk about actions completed in the past, at a specific point in time. For example, "terminé la historia con una broma", meaning "I ended the story with a joke".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | terminé | I ended |
| Tú | terminaste | you ended |
| Ella / Él / Usted | terminó | s/he ended, you (formal) ended |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | terminamos | we ended |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | terminasteis | you (plural) ended |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | terminaron | they ended, you (plural formal) ended |
Terminar in the Indicative Imperfect
The Indicative Imperfect of terminar is used to describe regular and repeated actions that happened in the past and descriptions of things you used to do. For example, "terminaba la historia con una broma", meaning "I used to end the story with a joke".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | terminaba | I used to end |
| Tú | terminabas | you used to end |
| Ella / Él / Usted | terminaba | s/he used to end, you (formal) used to end |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | terminábamos | we used to end |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | terminabais | you (plural) used to end |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | terminaban | they used to end, you (plural formal) used to end |
Terminar in the Indicative Future
The Indicative Future of terminar is used to talk about something that will happen in the future. For example, "terminaré la historia con una broma", meaning "I will end the story with a joke".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | terminaré | I will end |
| Tú | terminarás | you will end |
| Ella / Él / Usted | terminará | s/he will end, you (formal) will end |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | terminaremos | we will end |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | terminaréis | you (plural) will end |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | terminarán | they will end, you (plural formal) will end |
Terminar in the Indicative Conditional
The Indicative Conditional of terminar is used to talk about something that may happen in the future, hypothesis and probabilities. For example, "terminaría la historia con una broma", meaning "I would end the story with a joke".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | terminaría | I would end |
| Tú | terminarías | you would end |
| Ella / Él / Usted | terminaría | s/he would end, you (formal) would end |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | terminaríamos | we would end |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | terminaríais | you (plural) would end |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | terminarían | they would end, you (plural formal) would end |
Terminar in the Indicative Present Perfect
The Indicative Present Perfect of terminar is used to describe actions that started recently (in the past) and are still happening now or things that have been done recently. For example, "he terminado la historia con una broma", meaning "I have ended the story with a joke".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he terminado | I have ended |
| Tú | has terminado | you have ended |
| Ella / Él / Usted | ha terminado | s/he has ended, you (formal) have ended |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | hemos terminado | we have ended |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | habéis terminado | you (plural) have ended |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | han terminado | they have ended, you (plural formal) have ended |
Terminar in the Indicative Past Perfect
The Indicative Past Perfect of terminar is used to talk about actions that happened before another action in the past. For example, "había terminado la historia con una broma", meaning "I had ended the story with a joke".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | había terminado | I had ended |
| Tú | habías terminado | you had ended |
| Ella / Él / Usted | había terminado | s/he had ended, you (formal) had ended |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | habíamos terminado | we had ended |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | habíais terminado | you (plural) had ended |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | habían terminado | they had ended, you (plural formal) had ended |
Terminar in the Indicative Future Perfect
The Indicative Future Perfect of terminar is used to talk about something that will have happened in the future after something else has already happened. For example, "habré terminado la historia con una broma", meaning "I will have ended the story with a joke".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | habré terminado | I will have ended |
| Tú | habrás terminado | you will have ended |
| Ella / Él / Usted | habrá terminado | s/he will have ended, you (formal) will have ended |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | habremos terminado | we will have ended |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | habréis terminado | you (plural) will have ended |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | habrán terminado | they will have ended, you (plural formal) will have ended |
Terminar in the Indicative Conditional Perfect
The Indicative Conditional Perfect of terminar is used to talk about something that would have happened in the future but didn’t due to another action. For example, "habría terminado la historia con una broma", meaning "I would have ended the story with a joke".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | habría terminado | I would have ended |
| Tú | habrías terminado | you would have ended |
| Ella / Él / Usted | habría terminado | s/he would have ended, you (formal) would have ended |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | habríamos terminado | we would have ended |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | habríais terminado | you (plural) would have ended |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | habrían terminado | they would have ended, you (plural formal) would have ended |
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Subjunctive Tenses of Terminar
Terminar in the Subjunctive Present
The Subjunctive Present is used to talk about situations of uncertainty, or emotions such as wishes, desires and hopes. It differs from the indicative mood due to the uncertainty of the events which are being spoken about. For example, "termine", meaning "I end".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | termine | I end |
| Tú | termines | you end |
| Ella / Él / Usted | termine | s/he end, you (formal) end |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | terminemos | we end |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | terminéis | you (plural) end |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | terminen | they end, you (plural formal) end |
Terminar in the Subjunctive Imperfect
The Subjunctive Imperfect is used to speak about unlikely or uncertain events in the past or to cast an opinion (emotional) about something that happened in the past. For example, "terminara", meaning "I ended".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | terminara | I ended |
| Tú | terminaras | you ended |
| Ella / Él / Usted | terminara | s/he ended, you (formal) ended |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | termináramos | we ended |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | terminarais | you (plural) ended |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | terminaran | they ended, you (plural formal) ended |
Terminar in the Subjunctive Future
The Subjunctive Future is used For example, "terminare", meaning "I will end".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | terminare | I will end |
| Tú | terminares | you will end |
| Ella / Él / Usted | terminare | s/he will end, you (formal) will end |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | termináremos | we will end |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | terminareis | you (plural) will end |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | terminaren | they will end, you (plural formal) will end |
Terminar in the Subjunctive Present Perfect
The Subjunctive Present Perfect is used to describe past actions or events that are still connected to the present day and to speak about an action that will have happened by a certain time in the future. For example, "haya terminado", meaning "I have ended".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | haya terminado | I have ended |
| Tú | hayas terminado | you have ended |
| Ella / Él / Usted | haya terminado | s/he has ended, you (formal) have ended |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | hayamos terminado | we have ended |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | hayáis terminado | you (plural) have ended |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | hayan terminado | they have ended, you (plural formal) have ended |
Terminar in the Subjunctive Past Perfect
The Subjunctive Past Perfect is used to speak about hypothetical situations, and actions/events that occurred before other actions/events in the past. For example, "hubiera terminado", meaning "I had ended".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera terminado | I had ended |
| Tú | hubieras terminado | you had ended |
| Ella / Él / Usted | hubiera terminado | s/he had ended, you (formal) had ended |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | hubiéramos terminado | we had ended |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | hubierais terminado | you (plural) had ended |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | hubieran terminado | they had ended, you (plural formal) had ended |
Terminar in the Subjunctive Future Perfect
The Subjunctive Future Perfect is used For example, "hubiere terminado", meaning "I will have ended".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere terminado | I will have ended |
| Tú | hubieres terminado | you will have ended |
| Ella / Él / Usted | hubiere terminado | s/he will have ended, you (formal) will have ended |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | hubiéremos terminado | we will have ended |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | hubiereis terminado | you (plural) will have ended |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | hubieren terminado | they will have ended, you (plural formal) will have ended |
Imperative Tenses of Terminar
Terminar in the Imperative Affirmative
The Imperative Affirmative is used to give orders and commands, to tell someone to do something. For example, "termine", meaning "(to you formal) end!".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | - | - |
| Tú | termina | (to you) end! |
| Ella / Él / Usted | termine | (to you formal) end! |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | terminemos | (to we) end! |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | terminad | (to you plural) end! |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | terminen | (to you plural formal) end! |
Terminar in the Imperative Negative
The Imperative Negative is used to give orders and commands, telling someone not to do something. For example, "no termine", meaning "(to you formal) don't end!".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | - | - |
| Tú | no termines | (to you) don't end! |
| Ella / Él / Usted | no termine | (to you formal) don't end! |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | no terminemos | (to we) don't end! |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | no terminéis | (to you plural) don't end! |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | no terminen | (to you plural formal) don't end! |
Example sentences and usage
- ¿Ya terminaste de leer ese libro? Have you finished reading that book yet?
- Por favor termina tus vacaciones y vuelve. Please cut short your vacation and return.
- Qué rápido se terminan las vacaciones de verano. How soon the summer holiday is over.
- ¿Ya terminaste de leer ese libro? Have you finished reading that book yet?
- Por favor termina tus vacaciones y vuelve. Please cut short your vacation and return.
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