No. 923 in Italian
finire
"Finire" means "to finish" or "to end."
In a sentence
Ho finito di leggere il libro.
I finished reading the book.
Here, 'finire' is used as a verb in its past participle form to indicate the completion of an action. It is paired with an auxiliary to form a passato prossimo tense sentence, and it is followed by an infinitive with 'di' to specify the completed activity.
Il film finisce alle 9 di sera.
The movie ends at 9 PM.
In this sentence, 'finire' is used in its third-person singular present tense to denote the time of conclusion of an ongoing event or process.
Alla fine dell'anno scolastico, tutto è finito.
At the end of the school year, everything was over.
Here, 'finire' is utilized in its past participle form, serving as an adjective in the impersonal context to describe the state of being concluded.
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