acabar.
to finish; to end
Meaning & usage
to finish; to end
to end up (eventually doing)
Acabarás haciendo lo que él diga.
to have just; just (indicates recency)
Acabo de dormir ocho horas pero todavía estoy cansada.
to exhaust, to use up
Han acabado con todos los recursos del país
to finish, to put an end to
to run out of
Se me acabó la paciencia.
to come to an end, to be over, to be done, to be finished, to be it, to be no more, to be up
Lo siento. Su tiempo se acabó, señor.
to orgasm; to cum
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Latin ad substratebor.? Proto-Indo-European *kap-? Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *káput Proto-Italic *kaput Latin caput Latin capus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -āre Vulgar Latin *accapāre Spanish acabar Inherited from Vulgar Latin *accapāre. By surface analysis, a- + cabo (“end, conclusion”) + -ar.
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