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terminas

Terminas is a linguistic form that denotes the second-person singular present tense of verbs meaning “to end” or “to finish” in several languages. The form is especially visible in Spanish and Portuguese as a conjugated ending of the verb terminar, and in Latin as termināś (classical notation often rendered as terminās) for the second-person singular present active indicative of terminare.

In Latin, terminas appears as terminās in proper transliteration, meaning “you end.” It is part of the

Spanish usage is common in everyday speech, where the phrase “tú terminas” functions as a complete clause

Terminas is not typically used as a standalone noun or proper name. Rather, it is primarily encountered

See also terminus; verb conjugation; Romance languages.

broader
Latin
verb
conjugation
system
and
reflects
the
present
tense
used
with
the
second-person
singular
subject.
In
Romance
languages,
the
same
root
has
evolved,
with
Spanish
and
Portuguese
using
terminas
as
the
tú/tu
form
for
“you
finish.”
and
can
stand
alone
as
a
complete
verb
form
or
be
contracted
with
pronouns.
Portuguese
usage
varies
by
dialect:
in
European
Portuguese,
“tu
terminas”
is
standard
for
informal
second-person
singular;
in
Brazilian
Portuguese,
the
more
common
forms
are
“você
termina”
or
“você
terminas”
in
regional
speech.
as
a
grammatical
form
within
a
verb
conjugation.
The
related
noun
terminus
is
a
Latin-origin
term
meaning
boundary
or
end,
but
it
is
distinct
from
the
verb
form
terminās/terminas.