fino

See also: Fino, finó, and f-ino

English

Etymology

From Spanish fino (“fine”). Doublet of fine.

Noun

fino (plural finos)

1. The driest and palest type of traditional sherry.

Anagrams

• Info., ONFI, foin, info, info-

Asturian

Verb

fino

1. first-person singular present indicative of finar

Catalan

Verb

fino

1. first-person singular present indicative of finar

Esperanto

Etymology

Common Romance, from Latin finis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfino]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ino
• Hyphenation: fi‧no

Noun

fino (accusative singular finon, plural finoj, accusative plural finojn)

1. end, ending

Derived terms

• alfinigi (“to complete, bring to a conclusion”)
• finstacio (“terminus”)

Galician

Etymology 1

Regularized from Old Galician-Portuguese fin, fina (“fine”), from Latin finis (“end”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰnh₂-. Doublet of fin, "the end".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfin̪ʊ]

Adjective

fino (feminine fina, masculine plural finos, feminine plural finas)

1. thin (having little thickness)

   Synonym: delgado

   Antonym: groso

2. smart
3. stylish
4. fine (consisting of especially minute particulate)
5. (of sound) high-pitched

   Synonym: agudo

6. fine (of superior quality)
   • c. 1300, R. Lorenzo, editor, La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla, Ourense: I.E.O.P.F, page 576:

     Et el rrey et os omes onrrados comjã en escudelas et en talladores d'ouro fino

     The king and the noblemen were eating on trays and trenchers of fine gold

   • 1372, C. Rodríguez Núñez (ed.), "Santa María de Belvís, un convento mendicante femenino en la Baja Edad Media (1305-1400)", Estudios Mindonienses, 5, page 448:

     so penna de trynta marquos de prata finos

     under the penalty of thirty fine silver marks

Related terms

• afinar
• fineza
• finura

 

References

• “fino” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “fino” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “fino” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “fino” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “fino” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Further reading

• “fino”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012

Etymology 2

Verb

fino

1. first-person singular present indicative of finar

Ido

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfino/

Noun

fino (plural fini)

1. end

Italian

Etymology

From some such adjectival form as Vulgar Latin *fīnus, from Latin fīnis (“a boundary, limit”), whence Italian fine. The prepositional usage is directly paralleled in Latin fīne, fīnī (“up to, as far as”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfi.no/
• Rhymes: -ino
• Hyphenation: fì‧no

Preposition

fino

1. till, until, as far as

Derived terms

• finché
• fino a
• finora
• perfino

 

Related terms

• sino

Adjective

fino (feminine fina, masculine plural fini, feminine plural fine, superlative finissimo)

1. thin, fine

   Synonyms: acuto, fine

Descendants

• → Turkish: fino

Further reading

• fino in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
• fino in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
• fino in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

Anagrams

• foni, info

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfĩ.nu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfĩ.nu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfi.no/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈfi.nu/

• Rhymes: -inu, (Brazil) -ĩnu
• Hyphenation: fi‧no

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese fin, from Latin finis (“end”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰnh₂-.

Adjective

fino (feminine fina, masculine plural finos, feminine plural finas, comparable, comparative mais fino, superlative o mais fino or finíssimo, diminutive fininho)

1. thin (having little thickness)

   Synonyms: delgado, esguio

   Antonyms: espesso, grosso

2. slender; slim (having little body fat or flesh)

   Synonyms: delgado, esbelto, magro

   Antonyms: gordo, obeso

3. fine (of superior quality)
4. (of sound) high-pitched

   Synonym: agudo

   Antonym: grave

5. exhibiting finesse; elegant; graceful

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:fino.

Derived terms

• grã-fino
• tirar um fino

Related terms

• afinar
• fim
• final
• fineza
• finura

 

Noun

fino m (plural finos)

2. (Portugal, regional) draft beer (usually served in a small glass)

   Synonym: (Portugal, regional) imperial

   Dois finos, por favor. ― Two small draft beers, please.

   • 2000, José de Melo, San Telmo, às quatro:

     Cheio de traquejo da vida, a isso não se faria rogado, pois claro, o Palhais, entre o chamamento da moça de serviço e o consabido sorriso de beirão: - Vender, vender, do que nós precisamos é de beber um fino. O jovem, traga quatro finos, ...

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Etymology 2

Borrowed from Late Latin Finnus, from Proto-Germanic *finnaz.

Adjective

fino (feminine fina, masculine plural finos, feminine plural finas)

1. Finnish (of or relating to Finland or Finns)

   Synonyms: finês, finlandês

Noun

fino m (plural finos)

1. Finn (Finnish person)

   Synonyms: finês, finlandês

Related terms

• finense
• finês
• finlandês

 

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

fino

1. first-person singular present indicative of finar

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:finar.

Further reading

• “fino” in iDicionário Aulete.
• “fino” in Dicionário inFormal.
• “fino” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “fino” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
• “fino” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
• “fino” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfino/ [ˈfi.no]
• Rhymes: -ino
• Syllabification: fi‧no

Etymology 1

From fin (“end”).

Adjective

fino (feminine fina, masculine plural finos, feminine plural finas, superlative finísimo)

1. fine (particularly slender)
2. fine (consisting of especially minute particulate)

Derived terms

• afinar
• archibebe fino
• astifino
• fineza
• fino filipino
• finura
• piel fina

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

fino

1. first-person singular present indicative of finar
2. first-person singular present indicative of finir

Further reading

• “fino”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Volapük

Etymology

From fin +‎ -o.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fiˈno/

Adverb

fino

1. finally, in the end