verb · #490
to finish, to end up
Example: Acabo de llegar.
I have just arrived.
Spanish → English
acabar
acabar is Spanish for to finish, to end up.
What acabar means
How common is it?
acabar is ranked #490 of the 500 most common Spanish words. It sits in the second half of the list: still everyday vocabulary, but you will meet it less often than the first two hundred.
Nearby on the frequency list
Words with a similar frequency to acabar — learning them together is more efficient than learning them alphabetically.
- la costumbre — habit, custom
- recoger — to pick up
- dejar de — to stop doing
- tratar — to try; to treat
- permitir — to allow
- prohibir — to forbid
See all 500 most common Spanish words
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Compiled and checked by the Flipkado team · Last updated 2026-08-22