acabar de

acabar ➜ to end up

present indicative
acabar
euacabo
você, ele, elaacaba
nósacabamos
vocês, eles, elasacabam

Complete conjugation.

Translations of ACABAR in Portuguese

Acabar in Portuguese means TO… end, end up, finish, be over, stop.

Acaba sendo muito difícil. (It ends up being very difficult.)

Minha paciencia acabou. (I'm out of patience.)

A festa acabou. (The party's over).

When a “de” is added : ACABAR de, it takes on the meaning to have just; to to end up.

O filme acabou de começar. (The film just started.)

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using ACABAR with de

To say you’ve “just done (now) something” ➜ use acabar + de.
It’s used almost always in the past tense. Using acabar without the de has the meaning, to end up.

Eu acabei de acordar. (I just woke up.)

Ela acabou de comer. (She just ate.)

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