acabar

/akaˈbaɾ/, [a.kaˈβ̞aɾ]

end, finish

Gerund: acabando

Past Participles

	Masculine	Feminine
Singular	acabado	acabada
Plural	acabados	acabadas

Indicative

	Present	Imperfect	Preterite	Future	Conditional
yo	acabo	acababa	acabé	acabaré	acabaría
tú	acabas	acababas	acabaste	acabarás	acabarías
él/ella/Ud.	acaba	acababa	acabó	acabará	acabaría
nosotros	acabamos	acabábamos	acabamos	acabaremos	acabaríamos
vosotros	acabáis	acababais	acabasteis	acabaréis	acabaríais
ellos/ellas/Uds.	acaban	acababan	acabaron	acabarán	acabarían
vos	acabás	acababas	acabaste	acabarás	acabarías

Subjunctive

	Present	Imperfect (ra)	Imperfect (se)	Future
yo	acabe	acabara	acabase	acabare
tú	acabes	acabaras	acabases	acabares
él/ella/Ud.	acabe	acabara	acabase	acabare
nosotros	acabemos	acabáramos	acabásemos	acabáremos
vosotros	acabéis	acabarais	acabaseis	acabareis
ellos/ellas/Uds.	acaben	acabaran	acabasen	acabaren
vos	acabés	acabaras	acabases	acabares

Imperative

Examples

Tienes que acabar este trabajo antes de la fecha señalada.

You must get the job done before the deadline.

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La carrera parecía no acabar nunca.

The race seemed to never end.

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Sólo nos tardó quince minutos acabar el trabajo.

It only took us fifteen minutes to complete the job.

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Después de acabar los deberes, se fue a dar un paseo.

After he had finished his homework, he went out for a walk.

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Hay que acabar con esta costumbre.

We must do away with such a custom.

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Tom encontró difícil acabar todo el trabajo en tan sólo un día.

Tom found it difficult to finish all the work in just one day.

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Esto no va a acabar bien.

It's not going to end well.

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Los perros que han sido abandonados suelen acabar en las perreras.

Abandoned dogs usually end up in dog pounds.

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No podemos acabar este trabajo en un día.

We cannot complete this work in a day.

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Las provisiones se están empezando a acabar.

The supplies are beginning to give out.

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