Word
El catálogo acaba de llegar.
Meaning
The exhibition catalog has just arrived.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Breakdown of El catálogo acaba de llegar.
llegar
to arrive
acabar de
to have just
el catálogo
the exhibition catalog
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Questions & Answers about El catálogo acaba de llegar.
What does acaba de + infinitive mean here?
Acabar de + infinitive is a very common Spanish structure meaning to have just done something.
So:
- acaba de llegar = has just arrived
It does not mean that something is finishing arrival. In this structure, acabar de works as a set expression.
Examples:
Why is it acaba?
Acaba is the third-person singular present tense form of acabar.
It matches the subject el catálogo, which is:
- third person = it
- singular = one catalog
So:
Since el catálogo is singular, acaba is the correct form.
Why is there a de after acaba?