acabar

/akaˈbaɾ/, [a.kaˈβ̞aɾ]

end, finish

Verb acabar (first-person singular present acabo, first-person singular preterite acabé, past participle acabado)

(transitive) to finish; to end
(auxiliary with a verb in the gerund) to end up (to eventually do)

Acabarás haciendo lo que él diga.

You'll end up doing what he says.
(takes a reflexive pronoun) to run out of

Se me acabó la paciencia.

I've run out of patience.
(takes a reflexive pronoun) 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.

I am sorry. Your time is up, sir.
(Latin America, vulgar, slang) to orgasm; to cum

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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