acaba

/aˈkaba/, [aˈka.β̞a]

just


Examples
  • Ella acaba de salir.

    She went out just now.

  • Él me acaba de enviar un mensaje de texto.

    He just texted me.

  • Nuestro nuevo profesor de inglés acaba de salir de la universidad.

    Our new English teacher is fresh from college.

  • ¿Cuándo acaba la actuación?

    When does the performance end?

  • El hombres es el único animal que aprende siendo hipócrita. Él finge ser educado y entonces, al final, acaba volviéndose educado.

    Man is the only animal that learns by being hypocritical. He pretends to be polite and then, eventually, he becomes polite.

  • Tom acaba de salir de la ducha y todavía tiene el pelo mojado.

    Tom just got out of the bath and his hair is still wet.

  • Nuestro trabajo nunca acaba.

    Our work never ends.

  • El "sujeto" es la persona u objeto que lleva a cabo la acción de la frase. Pasado a Japonés sería la parte que acaba en "wa" o "ga".

    The "subject" is the person or object to carry out the action in the sentence. Transformed to Japanese it would be the part that end in "wa" or "ga".

  • Acaba de llegar aquí.

    He just arrived here.

  • Acaba los deberes antes de cenar.

    See that you finish your homework before supper.

  • Tendrá que volver un poco más tarde: el hombre que lleva este asunto acaba de salir.

    You'll have to come back a little later: the man who deals with that issue has just gone out.

  • Él no puede tener hambre, acaba de comer.

    He cannot be hungry; he has just had lunch.

  • La mujer acaba de llegar con un bebé en sus brazos.

    The woman with a baby in her arms arrived here just now.

  • ¿Usted acaba de pegarle?

    Did you just hit him?

  • Acaba de volver a casa.

    He just got home.

  • Tom acaba de terminar de comer.

    Tom has just finished eating lunch.

  • Tom acaba de dar una falsa alarma otra vez.

    Tom is just crying wolf again.

  • La Semana Santa acaba con la resurrección de Jesucristo.

    Easter week ends up with Jesus' resurrection.

  • Sí, pero ella se acaba de ir.

    Yes, but she just left.

  • ¡Eh! Tu pelota de béisbol acaba de romper mi ventana.

    Hey! Your baseball just broke my window.


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