finiamo

Finiamo is the first-person plural present indicative form of the Italian verb finire, meaning to finish or end. It is used to express that we finish something in the present or that we are in the process of finishing it. The verb finire belongs to the regular -ire family with the isc pattern in the present tense, yielding forms such as io finisco, tu finisci, lui finisce, noi finiamo, voi finite, loro finiscono.

In practical use, finiamo can take a direct object to indicate finishing a specific thing: for example, Noi finiamo il lavoro alle cinque (We finish the work at five). It can also express finishing an activity via the structure finire di + infinitive. In this construction, present-tense forms may be heard less often in everyday speech, with the meaning more precisely conveyed by the passato prossimo: Abbiamo finito di mangiare (We have finished eating). A common, shorter usage is Finiamo qui, meaning “Let’s finish here” or “We’ll stop here.”

Etymology and related forms: finire derives from Latin finis, meaning end or boundary. The form finiamo reflects the standard Italian verbal paradigm for -ire verbs with the isc-type in the present tense. Related verbs include concludere and terminare, which convey similar meanings across different contexts.

See also: finire, endings of -ire verbs, Italian verb conjugation.