acabou sendo

ended up being

→ acabar
phrase Rare #37,827
ended up being Used to describe the eventual outcome of a situation, sometimes one that was unexpected.
PO: A reunião acabou sendo mais curta do que eu esperava.
EN: The meeting ended up being shorter than I expected.

Mas você acabou sendo a porra do amor da minha vida.

But you ended up being the fucking love of my life.

— Simplesmente Amor (2003)

A experiência acabou sendo bem-sucedida.

The experiment turned out to be successful.

Mas minha própria aventura acabou sendo bem diferente.

But my own adventure turned out to be quite different.

— O Senhor dos Anéis: A Sociedade do Anel (2001)

O Tom acabou sendo igual ao pai.

Tom ended up being just like his father.

O que ele disse acabou sendo falso.

What he said turned out to be false.