acabar

/akaˈbaɾ/ · A1 · verb

to finish

🏁 a + cabo (end, tip): acabar = to bring something to its end

From Spanish cabo, meaning end or tip, from Latin caput (head). To acabar is to reach the cabo. Acabar de + infinitive means you have only now reached the end of it: acabo de comer = I just ate.

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