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él acabara

ended, finished

a k a ˈb a ɾ a → acabar
acab to finish, end + ara 3rd-person singular imperfect subjunctive
verb · 3rd-person singular, imperfect tense Rare #39,055
ended, finished This is a past subjunctive form of acabar.
SP: Esperaba que la película acabara pronto.
EN: I hoped the movie would end soon.
finished With a direct object, acabar means to finish something.
SP: Quería que acabara la tarea antes de cenar.
EN: I wanted her to finish the homework before dinner.
Conjugation of acabar
Subjunctive imperfect
SingularPlural
First acababa —
Third acabara —

Tom no esperaba que Mary acabara tan rápido su tarea.

Tom didn't expect Mary to finish her homework so quickly.

Y también se dice que ayudó a que acabara la guerra.

And it is also said that he helped bring the war to an end.

— Oppenheimer (2023)

¿Y qué pasaría si, aun teniendo todos estos elementos, la tormenta se acabara?

And what would happen if, despite having all these elements, the storm were to end?

— Durante la tormenta (2018)

Quizá lo que mamá quería era que todo acabara.

Maybe what Mom wanted was for it all to be over.

Siempre quise escribir una obra que acabara ahí.

I always wanted to write a play that ended there.

Que empezara rápido y acabara pronto no iba a ocurrir ese día.

That it would start quickly and end soon wasn’t going to happen that day.

Estoy ciertamente contento de que todo acabara bien.

I’m certainly glad that everything turned out well.

¿Qué harías si el mundo se acabara mañana?

What would you do if the world ended tomorrow?

Sounds similar to

acabada a k a ˈb a d a acababa a k a ˈb a b a