acabar

Meaning

1. (intransitive) to finish (to be over, completed)
2. (transitive) to complete; to finish (to make done)
3. (catenative) to end up (to eventually do)
4. (copulative) to end up; to turn out (to become, at the end of a process)
5. (catenative) to have just; just (indicates recency)
6. (intransitive) to destroy completely, to defeat thoroughly
7. (intransitive) to break up; to put an end to (to make an activity or practice stop)
8. (intransitive) to break up with (to end a relationship with)
9. (intransitive,pronominal) to run out (to be entirely used up)

Hyphenated as

a‧ca‧bar

Pronounced as (IPA)

/a.kaˈba(ʁ)/

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese acabar, from Vulgar Latin *accapāre. Compare Spanish acabar, French achever and English achieve. By surface analysis, a- + cabo + -ar.

Sentences

Em breve eles vão acabar .

Soon they will be over.

" A guerra vai acabar um dia ?" disse a menina .

“Is the war going to end one day?” the girl said.