What does “în sfârșit” mean in Romanian?

În sfârșit means “finally” or “at last” — the line you reach for the moment something long-awaited actually happens. It’s built from în (“in”) plus sfârșit (“end”), so literally “in the end,” but it lands with feeling, not just timing. Îmi cumpăr în sfârșit jucăria visată means “I’m finally buying the toy I dreamed of” — relief and payoff in two small words.

Sfârșit is the noun “end,” from the past participle of the verb a sfârși (“to finish, to end”), so the phrase frames the wait as something that has run its course. Use it as a standalone exhale — În sfârșit! (“At last!”) — or to open a sentence: Am ajuns în sfârșit acasă (“I finally got home”). A close synonym is the slightly more formal în fine; in everyday speech, în sfârșit carries the warmer, more emotional charge.