acababa
ended, just, just finished
Verb acababa
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First-person singular (yo) imperfect indicative form of acabar.
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Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted) imperfect indicative form of acabar.
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Tom le puso cuerdas nuevas a la vieja guitarra que acababa de comprar.
Tom put new strings on the old guitar that he had just bought.
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El juego acababa de empezar cuando marcaron el primer punto.
The game had hardly started when they scored the first point.
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Ella acababa de empezar a leer el libro cuando alguien golpeó la puerta.
She'd just begun to read the book when someone knocked on the door.
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Él acababa de llegar.
He had just arrived.
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Sally perdió las lentes de contacto que acababa de comprar el día anterior.
Sally lost the contact lenses she had bought the day before.
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Él acababa de llegar a casa cuando llamé.
He had just come home when I called.
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Cuando volvió yo acababa de terminar de escribir la carta.
I had just written the letter when he came back.
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Tom miró al hombre que acababa de entrar.
Tom looked at the man who had just come in.
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Acababa de terminar los deberes cuando Ted me llamó.
I had just finished my homework when Ted phoned me.
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Acababa de llegar.
He had just arrived.
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