concluir
to conclude
verb kohn-kloo-EER Less Common
Origin: From Latin concludere ('to shut up, to end').
Also means
to finish, to infer
Usage Note
Concluir means both 'to conclude/finish' (la reunión concluyó = 'the meeting concluded') and 'to draw a conclusion' (concluyo que tenía razón = 'I conclude he was right'). It follows the irregular -uir pattern: present concluyo, concluyes…, gerund concluyendo. The noun form is conclusión ('conclusion'). En conclusión means 'in conclusion'.
Examples
"El jurado concluyó que era inocente."
Natural Translation
The jury concluded that he was innocent.
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