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j'achève

finishes, finish, finishes off, finish off

→ achever
achèv finish; complete + e je/il present or subjunctive; tu command
verb · 1st-person singular, present tense / 3rd-person singular, present tense / 2nd-person singular Rare #31,554
finishes, finish Can mean “finish off” when used about a person or animal.
FR: Elle achève son travail avant de partir.
EN: She finishes her work before leaving.
finishes off, finish off When used about a person or animal, this can mean killing them, especially when they are already badly wounded.
FR: Il achève l’animal blessé.
EN: He puts the injured animal out of its misery.
Conjugation of achever
Indicative present
SingularPlural
First achève —
Third achève —
Subjunctive present
SingularPlural
First achève —
Third achève —
Imperative
SingularPlural
Second achève —

Et voilà comment j'achève les jours qui me restent.

And that's how I spend the rest of my days.

— Guerre et Paix (1968)

Achève-le.

Finish him off.

— Princess Bride (1987)

Achève-le !

Finish him off!

— Fight Club (1999)

Ça achève.

That's it.

— Les Invasions barbares (2003)

Achève-moi, bête immonde !

Finish me off, you vile beast!

— Tenacious D Et Le Mediator Du Destin (2006)

Achève-les.

Finish them.

— L'Ultime Héritier (2026)

Le père crève, le fils l'achève !

The father croaks, and the son finishes him off!

— Mommy (2014)

Le plan A ne marche pas si ces habitants meurent avant qu'on l'achève.

Plan A won't work if these inhabitants die before we complete it.

— Interstellar (2014)

Achève !

Finish!

Achève-moi.

Finish me off.

— The Big Sick (2017)

Il est exclu que j'achève le microprocesseur.

There's no way I'm finishing the microprocessor.

— Terminator 2 : Le Jugement dernier (1991)