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acabar (conjugate acabar) verbo intransitivo 1a) [reunión/película] to finish, end;[persona] to finish; [novios] to split up;◊ ya casi acabo I've nearly finishedb) (en un estado, situación) to end up;◊ acabó en la cárcel he ended up in jail;(+ compl)◊ acabamos cansadísimos by the end we were exhausted;ese chico va a acabar mal that boy will come to no good; la película acabó bien the movie had a happy ending; acabarán aceptándolo o por aceptarlo they'll end up accepting it; acabar de algo to end up as sth; acabó de camarero he ended up (working) as a waiterc) (rematar) acabar en algo to end in sth2◊ acabar cona) acabar con algo (terminar) ‹con libro/tarea› to finish with sth;‹con bombones/bebidas› to finish off sth; ‹con salud/carrera› to ruin sth; ‹con sueldo/herencia› to fritter away sth; ‹con abuso/problema› to put an end to sthb) (fam) acabar con algn (pelearse) to finish with sb;(matar) to do away with sb (colloq);◊ este niño va a acabar conmigo this child will be the death of me3◊ acabar dea) (terminar) acabar de hacer algo to finish doing sth;◊ cuando acabes de leerlo when you've finished reading itb) (para referirse a acción reciente):◊ acaba de salir she's just gone out;acababa de meterme en la cama cuando … I had just got into bed when …c) (llegar a):◊ no acabo de entenderlo I just don't understand;no acababa de gustarle she wasn't totally happy about it verbo transitivo ‹trabajo/libro› to finish; ‹curso/carrera› to finish, complete acabarse verbo pronominal 1 (terminarse) [provisiones/comida] to run out; [problema] to be over; [reunión/fiesta/curso] to end; [proyecto] to finish, come to an end; [año] to come to an end;◊ se nos acabó el café we ran out of coffee;se le acabaron las fuerzas he ran out of energy; un trabajo que no se acaba nunca a never-ending o an endless task; ¡esto se acabó! that's it! 2 (enf) (comer) to finish (up)
acabar
I verbo transitivo
1 to finish (off) ➣ Ver nota en finish 2 (completar) to complete
II verbo intransitivo
1 to finish, end: todo acabó bien, it all ended happily 2 acabar con (agotar las existencias) to finish something figurado estás acabando con mi paciencia, I'm losing my patience with you (romper algo) to break something (matar) to kill: la droga está acabando con él, he's killing himself with drugs (destruir, eliminar) to destroy something: hay que acabar con la tortura, we must get rid of torture figurado las presiones acabaron con su carrera política, the overwhelming pressure finished off his political career 3 acabar de: acaba de llegar de Río, he's just arrived from Río
no acaba de decidirse, she hasn't made up her mind yet 4 acabar en: el partido de fútbol acabó en tragedia, the football match ended in tragedy 5 acabar por/acabar + gerundio acabé creyendo/por creer que estaba loca, I ended up thinking she was mad 'acabar' also found in these entries: Spanish: apurar - finiquitar - incompleta - incompleto - levantarse - paciencia - temblar - terminar - tabla English: barrier - break - break down - burial - complete - distance - drag on - end - end up - fade - finish - finish up - get over - get through - grief - illiteracy - it - paid - racism - round off - settle - sink - stamp out - there - time-wasting - use up - wind up - destroy - do - finished - get - kill - near - smash - stop - wind - wipe
English-spanish dictionary. 2013.