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tinha acabado

had finished

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phrase Uncommon #13,391
had finished Past perfect of acabar. In context, it can also mean 'had ended' or 'was over' depending on the sentence.
PO: Quando chegamos, a reunião já tinha acabado.
EN: When we arrived, the meeting had already finished.

Ele tinha acabado de sair da prisão.

He had just been released from prison.

— Cães de Aluguel (1992)

Eu não sabia que tinha acabado.

I didn’t know it was over.

Eu tinha acabado de chegar quando ela partiu.

I had just arrived when she left.

E eu tinha acabado de escrever.

And I had just finished writing.

— Laurence Anyways (2012)

O Tomás não acreditava no que tinha acabado de acontecer.

Tomás couldn't believe what had just happened.

Eu mal tinha sentado no banco, quando eu achei que tinha acabado de ser pintado.

I had barely sat down on the bench when I realized I had just been painted.

Ninguém nem percebeu que a porra do mundo tinha acabado.

Nobody even realized that the fucking world had ended.

— Boa Sorte, Divirta-se, Não Morra (2026)

Fadil tinha acabado de fazer quarenta anos.

Fadil had just turned forty.

A lua de mel da Layla tinha acabado.

Layla's honeymoon was over.

O concerto já tinha acabado quando lá chegamos.

The concert had already finished when we arrived.

Eu tinha acabado de chegar no Rio.

I had just arrived in Rio.

— Madame Satã (2002)

Pensei que tinha acabado.

I thought it was over.

— Lanternas Vermelhas (1991)

E a gasolina tinha acabado.

And the gasoline had run out.

— O Sacrifício (1986)

Dei-me conta disso mais tarde, quando já tinha acabado.

I realized this later, after it was already over.

— Anatomia de uma Queda (2023)

A guerra tinha acabado.

The war was over.