acabar
verbo transitivo Conjugation
| 1. | [concluir] Conjugation to finish |
| 2. | [consumir - provisiones, dinero]
Conjugation to use up [ - comida] Conjugation to finish |
acabar
verbo intransitivo Conjugation
| 1. | [generalmente]
Conjugation to finish, Conjugation to end
la espada acaba en punta the sword ends in a point el asunto acabó mal the affair finished o ended badly cuando acabes, avísame tell me when you've finished acabar de hacer algo to finish doing something |
| 2. | [haber hecho recientemente]
acabar de hacer algo to have just done something acabo de llegar I've just arrived |
| 3. | [terminar por - persona]
acabar por hacer algo, acabar haciendo algo to end up doing something |
| 4. | [destruir]
acabar con [generalmente] to destroy [salud] to ruin [paciencia] to exhaust [violencia, crimen] to put an end to |
| 5. | [matar]
acabar con alguien to kill somebody (figurado) to be the death of somebody |
| 6. | (con adjetivos)
Conjugation to end up
acabar loco to go mad |
| 7. | (en frase negativa)
no acabo de entenderlo I can't quite understand it no acaba de parecerme bien I don't really think it's a very good idea |
| 8. | (loc)
de nunca acabar never-ending |
acabarse
verbo pronominal
| 1. | [agotarse]
to be used up, to be gone
se nos ha acabado el petróleo we're out of petrol se ha acabado la comida there's no more food left, all the food has gone |
| 2. | [concluir] Conjugation to finish, to be over |
| 3. | (loc)
¡se acabó! [¡basta ya!] that's enough! [se terminó] that's it, then! |
