finito
Americanadjective
Usage
What does finito mean? Finito is an informal way to say “finished” or “done.”Finito is an Italian word meaning “finished” that has been borrowed into English unchanged. In English, it is used to emphasize that something is finished, often when the person is glad it’s over.Example: This relationship is done, over, finito—I don’t want to see you anymore!
Etymology
Origin of finito
First recorded in 1940–45; from Italian, past participle of finire, from Latin fīnīre “to end”; finish
Example Sentences
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In this way, and in his embrace of non finito, or “unfinished,” effects, he took care to include the viewer in the visual order he had established.
From Washington Post • May 12, 2022
Pascal’s non finito manner, with little brought to a conclusion, is not an unfortunate failure but a deliberate defiance of Cartesian system-building.
From The New Yorker • Jul. 15, 2019
And in style—he drops it a few feet from the flag, and finally, FINALLY, this one is finito.
From Golf Digest • May 19, 2019
"The habit of the last 15 years of buying voraciously is finito," Schiff said.
From Reuters • Jun. 15, 2017
Chorus prosequitur cantum usque ad Benedictus qui venit exclusive: quo finito et non prius elevatur sacramentum.
From The Irish Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 1, March 1865 by Various
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