Usages of por
Al principio mi madre intentó arreglar la tubería, pero acabó por llamar a un profesional.
At first my mother tried to fix the pipe, but she ended up calling a professional.
Se les rompió el mueble y el resultado acabó por ser una chapuza desesperante.
The piece of furniture broke on them and the result ended up being an infuriating botched job.
¿Cuándo acabaste por darte cuenta de que el tutorial no servía sin un profesional?
When did you finally realize that the tutorial was useless without a professional?
Íbamos a cambiar los azulejos, pero acabamos por romper la tubería.
We were going to change the tiles, but we ended up breaking the pipe.
Pintar el techo con ese rodillo acabó por ser totalmente desesperante.
Painting the ceiling with that paint roller ended up being completely infuriating.
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