This week’s Spanish word of the week is acabar
Acabar is a verb that means to finish . To hear how acabar is pronounced, you can click the icon below:
¿Todavía no has acabado? Haven’t you finished yet?
When acabar is followed by de and the infinitive it means to finish doing something or to have just done something . The tense of acabar indicates which meaning is intended.
To talk about finishing doing something, you use acabar in the appropriate tense, followed by de and the infinitive:
Ayer acabé de pintar la pared. I finished painting the wall yesterday.
Cuando acabe de escribir este email me iré a dormir. When I finish writing this email I’m going to bed.
In the present or imperfect tense you use it to say that someone has just or had just done something:
Eva acaba de llegar. Eva’s just arrived.
Acabábamos de enterarnos. We had only just found out.
Come back next week to learn a new word!
