Usages of acabar
Cuando mi hija ve una película triste, siempre acaba llorando al final.
When my daughter watches a sad movie, she always ends up crying at the end.
Al final acabamos sirviendo la cena en una bandeja porque la cazuela seguía demasiado caliente.
In the end we ended up serving dinner on a tray because the casserole pot was still too hot.
Mi amiga decía que solo iba a mirar el menú, pero acabó pidiendo croquetas y una copa de vino.
My friend said she was only going to look at the menu, but she ended up ordering croquettes and a glass of wine.
Mi hermano acabó quedándose dormido en el sofá después de estudiar física toda la tarde.
My brother ended up falling asleep on the sofa after studying physics all afternoon.
Ojalá no hubiera tanto polen en primavera, porque mi hermana acaba estornudando todo el día.
I wish there weren’t so much pollen in spring, because my sister ends up sneezing all day.
Mi amiga escribió veintisiete líneas del resumen y luego acabó cambiando el final.
My friend wrote twenty-seven lines of the summary and then ended up changing the ending.
La secretaria revisó doscientos correos y acabó saliendo muy tarde de la oficina.
The secretary checked two hundred emails and ended up leaving the office very late.
Mi padre condujo quinientos kilómetros el sábado y acabó agotado.
My father drove five hundred kilometres on Saturday and ended up exhausted.
La novela tiene seiscientas páginas, pero mi amiga acabó leyéndola en una semana.
The novel has six hundred pages, but my friend ended up reading it in a week.
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