to finish; to end; to end up (eventually doing); to have just; just (indicates recency); to exhaust, to use up; to finish, to put an end to
“Acabarás haciendo lo que él diga.” — You'll end up doing what he says.
Synonyms: terminar, finalizar, rematar, venirse, irse, correrse, eyacular
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Latin ad substratebor.? Proto-Indo-European *kap-? Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *káput Proto-Italic *kaput Latin caput Latin capus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -āre Vulgar Latin *accapāre Spanish acabar Inherited from Vulgar Latin *accapāre. By surface analysis, a- + ca