acabei

[ah-kah-BAY]

verb

I finished / I ended / I just finished

1. First person singular preterite of 'acabar' - to finish, to end, to complete an action

I finished the project yesterday

Acabei o projeto ontem

2. To have just done something (when used with 'de' + infinitive)

I just arrived home

Acabei de chegar em casa

3. To run out of, to exhaust

I ran out of money

Acabei com o meu dinheiro

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Regional Variations

General Brazilian

acabei

Standard usage in both formal and informal contexts

Portugal

acabei

Same form, identical usage

Acabei de + infinitive (I just did something)

Acabei com (I broke up with / I ended something)

Tudo bem acabou (Everything turned out fine)

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