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yo acabo

finish, complete, have just (done something), end up (doing something), not quite (do something)

a ˈk a b o → acabar
acab to finish, end + o 1st-person singular present (indicative or subjunctive)
verb · 1st-person singular, present tense Uncommon #18,689
finish, complete
SP: Ya acabo el informe.
EN: I’m finishing the report now.
have just (done something) Used with de + an infinitive.
SP: Acabo de llegar a casa.
EN: I’ve just gotten home.
end up (doing something) Used with an infinitive, usually preceded by en.
SP: Acabo trabajando hasta tarde.
EN: I end up working late.
not quite (do something) In the negative, no acabar de + an infinitive means that you can’t quite do or understand something.
SP: No acabo de entender la pregunta.
EN: I can’t quite understand the question.
Conjugation of acabar
Indicative present
SingularPlural
First acabo acabamos
Second acabas —
Third acaba acaban
Subjunctive present
SingularPlural
First acabo acabamos
Second acabas —
Third acaba acaban

Me lo llevo a casa y lo acabo.

I'll take it home and finish it.

— Dolor y gloria (2019)

¿Así que así es cómo acabo, no, Archie?

So this is how I end up, huh, Archie?

— Malcolm X (1992)

Acabo la copa y voy.

I finish my drink and I'm going.

— La vida de Adèle (2013)

Quedan menos páginas para terminar el libro, ya casi acabo.

There are fewer pages left to finish the book, I'm almost done.

Un helado orgánico, siempre me lo acabo.

An organic ice cream, I always finish it.

¿Qué pasa si acabo eso?

What happens if I finish that?

— Blade Runner 2049 (2017)

Enseguida acabo.

I’ll be done in a moment.

Ya casi acabo.

I'm almost done.

— Blade Runner 2049 (2017)

No acabo de entender por qué le cambió el carácter a Watanabe tan súbitamente.

I can't quite understand why Watanabe's personality changed so suddenly.

— Vivir (1952)

Todavía no acabo de creerlo.

I still can't quite believe it.

Así ha sucedido, tal y como lo acabo de contar.

That's how it happened, exactly as I've just told it.

¡No puede arrestarme si acabo con este granuja aquí mismo!

He can't arrest me if I finish off this scoundrel right here!

— El Auto De La Compadecida (2000)

Me caigo de mi bicicleta y acabo en sus brazos.

I fall off my bike and end up in his arms.

— La Vida es Bella (1997)

Un momento, ya acabo.

Just a moment, I'm almost done.

— Amélie (2001)

Si queda abajo, tengo que bajarme tantas veces que acabo fatal de la espalda.

If it stays downstairs, I have to go down so many times that my back ends up in terrible shape.

— Volver (2006)

Todavía no acabo.

I'm not finished yet.

— Tropa de Élite (2007)

No me acabo de acostumbrar.

I still haven't gotten used to it.

— 色‧戒 (2007)

Yo la acabo.

I'll finish it.

— Ace Ventura: Detective de Mascotas (1994)

Aunque la tengo prohibida, siempre acabo pensando en ella.

Even though I’ve forbidden myself from doing so, I always end up thinking about her.

— Devdas (2002)

Se acabo.

It's over.

— Zootopia 2 (2025)

Algo está pasando aquí que no acabo de comprender.

Something is going on here that I don't quite understand.

Las acabo de hacer.

I just made them.

— Ace Ventura: Detective de Mascotas (1994)

Sounds similar to

acaso a ˈk a s o acaba a ˈk a b a acabe a ˈk a b e