You Finish and You Return
Use termina for polite “you finish” and regresa for polite “you return.” Combine these forms with familiar words and helper verbs from earlier modules.
You finish: termina
Use termina when politely saying that one person finishes something. Use terminar after familiar helper forms.
One new building block
Spanish often leaves out usted. Here, termina by itself can mean polite you finish.
Build the meaning step by step
Interpret with termina and terminar
You return: regresa
Use regresa when politely saying that one person returns. Use regresar after familiar helper forms.
One new building block
Use regresa a when the destination follows: Regresa al hotel.
Build the meaning step by step
Interpret with regresa and regresar
Finish and return
Termina versus terminar; regresa versus regresar
Direct polite action
Use termina and regresa when speaking politely to one person about what they finish or when they return.
After a helper verb
After quiere, puede, or necesita, use the infinitives terminar and regresar.
Combine the new actions
Interpret: You finish the work and return to the hotel.
Module 30 checkpoint
You can now use termina / terminar and regresa / regresar with familiar questions, helpers, objects, and sentence-building blocks.
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