acaba

/aˈkaba/, [aˈka.β̞a]

just

Examples

Acaba de llegar.

He arrived here just now.

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Tom se acaba de casar.

Tom just got married.

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Él acaba de volver del extranjero.

He just returned from abroad.

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El verano acaba de comenzar.

Summer has just begun.

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En Tatoeba no se acaba nunca de traducir frases.

You'll never finish translating sentences on Tatoeba.

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Acaba de llegar al Nuevo Aeropuerto Internacional de Tokio.

He has just arrived at New Tokyo International Airport.

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Acaba de cumplir los veinte.

She has just turned twenty.

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La escuela acaba antes del mediodía los sábados.

School finishes before noon on Saturdays.

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Esto acaba de llegar para ti.

This just came in for you.

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Él acaba de volver de París.

He has just come back from Paris.

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Tom acaba de terminar de escribirle una carta a Mary.

Tom has just finished writing a letter to Mary.

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Mamá se acaba de ir de compras.

Mother has just gone shopping.

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Mi jefe me acaba de despedir.

My boss just fired me.

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El colegio empieza a las nueve y acaba a las seis.

School begins at nine and is over at six.

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El cole empieza a las nueve y acaba a las seis.

School begins at nine and is over at six.

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¡Se acaba de poner mejor!

It just got better!

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¿Quieres hablar de lo que acaba de ocurrir?

Do you want to talk about what just happened?

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Me lo acaba de decir.

She just told me.

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En mi idioma, la "," se llama coma, el ";" se llama punto y coma, ":" se llama dos puntos, "…" se llama puntos suspensivos y esta frase acaba con un punto final.

In my language, the "," is called comma, the ";" is called semicolon, ":" is called colon, "..." are called ellipsis, and this sentence ends with a period.

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Paul acaba de llamar ahora mismo.

Paul telephoned just now.

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