El siglo terminó ayer.

to finish

Breakdown of El siglo terminó ayer.

• ayer: yesterday
• el siglo: the century

Questions & Answers about El siglo terminó ayer.

What does siglo mean here?

Siglo means century.

So El siglo terminó ayer means The century ended yesterday.

A learner might expect centuria, but in normal Spanish, siglo is the standard word for century.

Why is it el siglo and not just siglo?

Spanish usually needs an article with a noun when you are talking about a specific thing.

So:

• el siglo = the century
• un siglo = a century

English often drops the article in places where Spanish keeps it, but here Spanish naturally uses el.

Why is it el? Is siglo masculine?

Yes. Siglo is a masculine noun, so it takes el in the singular:

• el siglo
• los siglos

This is something you mostly have to learn with the noun.

What form is terminó?