Breakdown of Nosotros acabamos grabando el video del caos.
nosotros
we
del
from the / of the
grabar
to record / to film
el caos
the chaos
el video
the video
acabar
to end up (doing something)
Questions & Answers about Nosotros acabamos grabando el video del caos.
Why use acabamos grabando instead of just saying we record it?
Using acabar (or terminar) followed by a gerund (a verb ending in -ando or -iendo, like grabando) means 'to end up doing' something. It shows the final result of a situation, often hinting that it wasn't the original plan.
Can I use terminamos grabando instead of acabamos grabando here?
Yes, absolutely! When used with a gerund to express the final outcome of an event, terminar and acabar are completely interchangeable.
The translation says 'We end up', but couldn't acabamos also mean 'We ended up' in the past tense?
Why is there no accent mark on the word video?
In Latin America, the word is spelled video and pronounced with the stress on the second-to-last syllable (vi-DE-o). In Spain, it has an accent mark (vídeo) because they put the stress on the first syllable (VI-de-o).
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