Acabo (en. Just)

/aˈka.βo/

Meaning & Definition

EnglishSpanish

verb

To finish doing something.

I just finished my homework.

Acabo de terminar mis deberes.

To reach the end of a process.

I just got home.

Acabo de llegar a casa.

To indicate that something has recently happened.

I just heard an interesting piece of news.

Acabo de escuchar una noticia interesante.

It derives from the Latin 'accabare', which means 'to finish'.

I just

indicates that an action has just been performed.

acabo de

I can't quite believe it

indicates disbelief about something.

no me acabo de creer

I end up

expresses the idea that something is done at last or finally.

acabo por

to finish

Verb meaning to finish or conclude.

acabar

finished

Adjective indicating that something has been completed.

acabado

acabo

Form of the verb used to express the end of an action.

acabo

It is used to indicate that something has already ended and there is no going back.

That already happened, there's no going back now.

Eso ya pasó, ya no hay acabo.

Indicates that someone has few resources or feels stressed.

Today I'm overwhelmed, I'm about to run out.

Hoy estoy a full, estoy a punto de acabarme.