Finish - Acabar (The 303rd Most Common Spanish Word)

The translation for Finish in Spanish is Acabar. This word often comes up when talking about food, being & changes, sport. It is classified as a A1 word, and is the 303rd most commonly used word in Spanish. It can be used as verb. You can find example sentences below to provide context, and you can also listen to how the word is pronounced by clicking on the speaker icon. Our app contains over 60,000 example sentences, pronunciations, and various practice types for the 3000 most common Spanish words. Download it now to discover them all.

Pronunciation

English: finish

Spanish: acabar

Examples


I just want to finish this and leave.	Solo quiero acabar esto e irme.
I was to have finished the work yesterday.	Tenía que acabar el trabajo ayer.
It is impossible for me to finish the work in an hour.	Me resulta imposible acabar el trabajo en una hora.
It won't take long to finish the job.	No llevará mucho tiempo acabar el trabajo.
I have to finish my homework.	Tengo que acabar los deberes.
All he wanted was time to finish his painting.	Sólo necesitaba tiempo para acabar su cuadro.
I just finished.	Acabo de acabar.
They divided up the household tasks so they could finish faster.	Se dividieron las tareas de la casa para acabar más rápido.

I need more workers to finish the building on time.	Necesito más manos para acabar el edificio a tiempo.
We still have four instalments left to finish paying for it.	Todavía nos quedan cuatro letras para acabar de pagarlo.
I've been given one week's grace to finish the job.	Tengo una semana de gracia para acabar el trabajo.
The speaker gave a speech with such a great intensity that the audience applauded him for several minutes when he finished.	El orador pronunció el discurso con una intensidad tal que la audiencia le aplaudió durante varios minutos al acabar.
She promised herself a vacation in Hawaii after finishing her degree.	Se prometió unas vacaciones en Hawaii después de acabar su licencia.
We got to finish this off ourselves, Charlie.	Tenemos que acabar esto nosotros, Charlie.
You, you don't even have enough money to finish this building.	Ni siquiera tienen suficiente dinero para acabar este edificio.
But I need to finish this on my own.	Pero yo necesito acabar eso solo.
I did promise to make some sort of statement when I finished here.	Les prometí un comunicado al acabar.
Phyilis, do you mind if we don't finish this game? - It bores me stiff.	Phylis, quiero acabar la partida, me aburro.
I'll finish and we can talk privately.	Déjeme acabar y hablaremos en privado.
He probably wouldn't have lived to finish the statue.	Seguramente no hubiera vivido para acabar la estatua.
Well, perhaps, if I could just finish, Madame Chairman, your questions...	Si me deja acabar, señora Presidenta...