hemos terminado
/emos teɾminado/from spelling rules
The English phrase "we are finished" is translated into Spanish as hemos terminado.
This phrase is used to state that a task or activity has been completed.
What does it mean word for word?
The phrase hemos terminado literally translates to "we have finished".
Which one should you use?
While hemos terminado is used for completing a task, do not confuse it with estamos terminados, which implies a state of being finished in a permanent or broken sense, such as saying "we are ruined" or "we are doomed".
How does it change in a sentence?
You can change the subject of the phrase by replacing hemos with other forms: use he terminado to say "I have finished", or use han terminado to say "they/you all have finished".
How do you pronounce it?
/emos teɾminado/
Did you know?
- If you are finished with a meal in a restaurant, simply saying hemos terminado might sound too formal. Many locals would instead say estamos listos to mean 'we are ready' for the bill.
- The word terminado shares an unexpected linguistic ancestor with the English word 'terminate'. Both derive from the Latin 'terminus', meaning a boundary or limit.
- In many Spanish-speaking regions, you can replace hemos terminado with ya acabamos to sound more casual. While terminar is standard, the verb acabar is incredibly common in everyday speech to signal the end of an action.
Examples in context
- Sí, hemos terminado.Yes, we are finished.
- ¡Hemos acabado el proyecto!We've finished the project!
- Ya hemos terminado el trabajo.We have already finished the work.
- Ya hemos terminado el proyecto.We have already finished the project.
- Por fin hemos terminado de limpiar.At last, we have finished cleaning.
- ¿Crees que ya hemos terminado?Do you think we are finished already?
Example conversation
Mateo and Lucía are finishing their homework in the library.
- MateoCreo que ya hemos terminado la tarea.I think we have finished the homework already.
- LucíaSí, Mateo, finalmente hemos terminado.Yes, Mateo, we have finally finished.
- Mateo¡Qué bien! Podemos ir a comer.Great! We can go eat.
- LucíaPerfecto, tengo mucha hambre.Perfect, I am very hungry.
Sources
- IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries hemos, CC BY-SA 4.0.
