Usages of acabar por
Dudé entre un cucurucho grande y una tarrina pequeña, pero acabé por elegir el helado en cucurucho.
I hesitated between a big cone and a small tub, but I ended up choosing the ice cream in a cone.
Al final fuimos a un chiringuito cerca de la playa y acabamos por comer allí.
In the end we went to a beach bar near the beach and ended up eating there.
Mi amiga no quería meterse en el agua, pero acabó por ponerse el bañador al ver que todas ya nadábamos.
My friend did not want to get into the water, but she ended up putting on her swimsuit when she saw that we were all already swimming.
Mi padre decía que solo quería mirar el mar, pero acabó por sentarse en la tumbona y quedarse dormido un rato.
My father said he only wanted to look at the sea, but he ended up sitting on the sun lounger and falling asleep for a while.
Por mucho que me canse el sol, sé que acabaré por volver a este chiringuito porque aquí se cena muy bien.
No matter how much the sun tires me out, I know I will end up coming back to this beach bar because the dinners here are very good.
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