bukatu

[from kabutufrom kabu + -tufrom Rom. cabo (end) orfrom Old Prov. "apukadu" (happened)] du/ad.

1.

a. (amaitu) to finish, terminate, complete; e-r egiten \bukatu to finish doing sth; ikasketak 1985ean \bukatu zituen she finished her studies in 1985; datorren urtean \bukatuko du hiztegia he'll finish the dictionary next year; etorkizun ederra izango zutela esanez \bukatu zuen she concluded by saying that they would have a bright future; otoitza bukatzean, gora begiratu zuen when he finished the prayer, he looked up

b. (negoziaketa, bilera, bilkura) to conclude

2. (ahitu, kopuru batetik dena hartu, e.a.) to finish off; buka dezagun pitxerra let's finish the pitcher off

3. (-(r)i amaiera eman) to end, terminate da/ad.

1. (nolako amaiera izan duen adierazteko)

a. to end, conclude; horrela bukatzen da eleberria that's how the novel ends ; hori tragedian \bukatuko da that will end in tragedy

b. to end (- (e)an : in ) , come ( -(e)an: to ) ; puntan bukatzen da it ends in a point | it comes to a point ; kontsonantez bukatzen diren hitzetan in words ending in a consonant

2. (-(r)en azkena gertatu)

a. to end, {draw || come} to an end; ospakizuna bukatzean guztiak joan ziren when the ceremony was over, everyone went; hila bukatzean egingo dugu we'll do it at the end of the month; hila \\ urtea \bukatu baino lehen before the end of the month \\ year | before the month \\ year is up; zazpi urte on haiek \bukatutakoan ... when those seven good years were up; onez bukatzen bada if it has a good ending

b. hantxe bukatzen da bidea there's where the road ends