acabar

From Vulgar Latin *accapō, *accapāre. Compare Spanish and Portuguese acabar.

• IPA^(key): /akaˈbaɾ/, [a.kaˈβ̞aɾ]

acabar (first-person singular indicative present acabo, past participle acabáu)

1. to finish, end, finish off
2. to manage, succeed
3. (acabar de facer) To have just done (something)
4. to die, die out

• cabu

From Vulgar Latin *accapō, *accapāre. Compare Occitan acabar.

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ə.kəˈba/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /a.kaˈbaɾ/

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• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

acabar (first-person singular present acabo, past participle acabat)

1. to finish, complete
2. to end up, wind up

• “acabar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “acabar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
• “acabar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “acabar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese acabar, from Vulgar Latin *accapō, *accapāre. Compare Spanish and Portuguese acabar.

• IPA^(key): /akaˈbaɾ/

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

1. (intransitive) to finish
2. (transitive) to complete, finish
3. (auxiliary with a verb in the gerund) to end up
4. (auxiliary with de and a verb in the infinitive) to have just (indicates recency)
5. (transitive with con) to destroy completely, to defeat thoroughly; to put an end to

• cabo

• “acabar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “acab” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “acabar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “acabar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “acabar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

From Old Occitan, from Vulgar Latin *accapō, *accapāre. Compare Catalan acabar.

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acabar

1. to finish; to complete

From Old Portuguese acabar, from Vulgar Latin *accapō, *accapāre. Compare Spanish acabar, French achever and English achieve. By surface analysis, a- +‎ cabo +‎ -ar.

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• Hyphenation: a‧ca‧bar

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

1. (intransitive) to finish (to be over, completed)

   O filme acabou. ― The film is over.

   Synonyms: terminar, finalizar

   Antonym: começar

2. (transitive) to complete; to finish (to make done)

   Acabe suas tarefas antes de sair. ― Finish your chores before going out.

   Synonyms: terminar, completar, finalizar, concluir

   Antonyms: iniciar, começar, inicializar

3. (auxiliary with a verb in the gerund) to end up (to eventually do)

   No fim, acabamos comendo naquele restaurante maltrapilho. ― In the end, we ended up eating at that shabby restaurant.

   Synonym: terminar por

4. (copulative) to end up; to turn out (to become, at the end of a process)

   De tanto misturarmos, a cor da tinta acabou cinza. ― Because we mixed it so much, the colour of the paint ended up grey.

   Synonym: ficar

5. (auxiliary with de and a verb in the infinitive) to have just; just (indicates recency)

   Ele acabou de sair. ― He just left.

6. (transitive with com) to destroy completely, to defeat thoroughly

   O inseticida prometeu que acabaria com as baratas. ― The insecticide promised to exterminate cockroaches.

   Nosso time acabou com o deles! ― Our team murdered theirs!

   Synonyms: destruir, matar

7. (transitive with com) to break up; to put an end to (to make an activity or practice stop)

   Essa lei acabará com a impunidade. ― This law will put an end to impunity.

8. (transitive with com) to break up with (end a relationship)

   Ele acabou com ela. ― He broke up with her.

   Synonym: terminar com

9. (intransitive or takes a reflexive pronoun) to run out (to be entirely used up)

   Todo o dinheiro acabou. ― All the money ran out.

   Synonym: esgotar-se

10. inflection of acabar:
    1. first/third-person singular future subjunctive
    2. first/third-person singular personal infinitive

• cabo

• Kabuverdianu: kaba
• → Sranan Tongo: kaba

• “acabar” in iDicionário Aulete.
• “acabar” in Dicionário inFormal.
• “acabar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “acabar” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2023.
• “acabar” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
• “acabar” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

From Vulgar Latin *accapō, *accapāre. Compare Portuguese acabar, French achever and English achieve. By surface analysis, a- +‎ cabo (“end, conclusion”) +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): /akaˈbaɾ/ [a.kaˈβ̞aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧ca‧bar

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

1. (transitive) to finish; to end

   Synonyms: terminar, finalizar, rematar

2. (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.

3. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to run out of

   Se me acabó la paciencia.

   I've run out of patience.

4. (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.

5. (Latin America, vulgar, slang) to orgasm; to cum

• “acabar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014