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tinha acabado

had finished

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phrase Uncommon #13,199
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.

Pensei que tinha acabado.

I thought it was over.

— Lanternas Vermelhas (1991)

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.

A lua de mel da Layla tinha acabado.

Layla's honeymoon was over.

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 não sabia que tinha acabado.

I didn’t know it was over.

Fadil tinha acabado de fazer quarenta anos.

Fadil had just turned forty.

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

I realized this later, after it was already over.

— Anatomia de uma Queda (2023)

Eu tinha acabado de chegar no Rio.

I had just arrived in Rio.

— Madame Satã (2002)

A guerra tinha acabado.

The war was over.

E a gasolina tinha acabado.

And the gasoline had run out.

— O Sacrifício (1986)

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)

Ele tinha acabado de sair da prisão.

He had just been released from prison.

— Cães de Aluguel (1992)

Eu tinha acabado de chegar quando ela partiu.

I had just arrived when she left.

O concerto já tinha acabado quando lá chegamos.

The concert had already finished when we arrived.