{"id":8045,"date":"2018-06-26T22:45:40","date_gmt":"2018-06-26T22:45:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/?p=8045"},"modified":"2018-06-26T22:45:40","modified_gmt":"2018-06-26T22:45:40","slug":"the-verb-acabar-in-portuguese","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/the-verb-acabar-in-portuguese\/","title":{"rendered":"The verb ‘acabar’ in Portuguese"},"content":{"rendered":"

Corram, venham ver! O Brasil<\/span> acabou<\/b> de fazer um gol! Come on, check it out! Brazil just scored a goal!<\/span><\/p>\n

This is a sentence that we would love to hear a lot tomorrow, during Brazil\u2019s game against Serbia. But do you know how use the verb <\/span>acabar<\/b> in Portuguese? There are mainly three possible contexts in which<\/span> acabar<\/b> can be applied, and we are going to cover all of them in today\u2019s post. But first, let\u2019s take a look at the verb conjugation in the present and past tense:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Presente:<\/strong><\/h2>\n

eu<\/span> acabo<\/span><\/h2>\n

voc\u00ea<\/span> acaba<\/span><\/h2>\n

ele<\/span> acaba<\/span><\/h2>\n

n\u00f3s<\/span> acabamos<\/span><\/h2>\n

voc\u00eas<\/span> acabam<\/span><\/h2>\n

eles<\/span> acabam<\/span><\/h2>\n

Passado:<\/strong><\/h2>\n

eu<\/span> acabei<\/span><\/h2>\n

voc\u00ea<\/span> acabou<\/span><\/h2>\n

ele<\/span> acabou<\/span><\/h2>\n

n\u00f3s<\/span> acabamos<\/span><\/h2>\n

voc\u00eas<\/span> acabaram<\/span><\/h2>\n

eles<\/span> acabaram<\/span><\/h2>\n

Mas espere, ainda n\u00e3o acabou! But wait, it’s not over yet! How about we look into some examples to understand the usage of acabar<\/strong>? Let’s see:<\/p>\n

In this first case, acabar<\/strong> expresses concluding or finishing an activity, reaching an end, or the ideia of being over, running out.<\/span><\/p>\n