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acabar.

to finish; to end

6 characters3 syllables approx.Español language

Meaning & usage

verb/akaˈbaɾ/[a.kaˈβ̞aɾ]
  1. to finish; to end

    transitive
  2. to end up (eventually doing)

    catenative
    Acabarás haciendo lo que él diga.
  3. to have just; just (indicates recency)

    catenative
    Acabo de dormir ocho horas pero todavía estoy cansada.
  4. to exhaust, to use up

    transitive
    Han acabado con todos los recursos del país
  5. to finish, to put an end to

    transitive
  6. to run out of

    pronominal
    Se me acabó la paciencia.
  7. to come to an end, to be over, to be done, to be finished, to be it, to be no more, to be up

    pronominal
    Lo siento. Su tiempo se acabó, señor.
  8. to orgasm; to cum

    Latin-America · slang · vulgar
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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