acabar
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Conjugation
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Indicativo
Indicative
Tiempo
Presente
Present Indicative
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Indicativo — Indicative
Subjuntivo — Subjunctive
Imperativo — Imperative
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Formas impersonales
These are the non‑finite verb forms used in combinations and constructions.
- Infinitivo — acabar
- Infinitivo compuesto — haber acabado
- Gerundio — acabando
- Gerundio compuesto — habiendo acabado
- Participio — acabado
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Key forms
yo
acabo
tú
acabas
él/ella
acaba
Use the present perfect for past actions that have a connection to the present or recent past.
Key forms
yo
he acabado
tú
has acabado
él/ella
ha acabado
Use the preterite to describe completed past actions with a clear beginning or end.
Key forms
yo
acabé
tú
acabaste
él/ella
acabó
Use the imperfect to describe ongoing, habitual, or background actions in the past.
Key forms
yo
acababa
tú
acababas
él/ella
acababa
Use the pluperfect (pluscuamperfecto) for past actions completed before another past action.
Key forms
yo
había acabado
tú
habías acabado
él/ella
había acabado
Use for past-before-past; mainly literary.
Key forms
yo
hube acabado
tú
hubiste acabado
él/ella
hubo acabado
Use the future to express actions that will happen, predictions, or probability.
Key forms
yo
acabaré
tú
acabarás
él/ella
acabará
Use the conditional for hypothetical situations, polite requests, or future in the past.
Key forms
yo
acabaría
tú
acabarías
él/ella
acabaría
Use the future perfect for actions that will have been completed by a future time.
Key forms
yo
habré acabado
tú
habrás acabado
él/ella
habrá acabado
Use the conditional perfect for hypothetical past actions or actions that would have been completed.
Key forms
yo
habría acabado
tú
habrías acabado
él/ella
habría acabado
Use the present subjunctive for wishes, doubts, emotions, and after certain conjunctions.
Key forms
yo
acabe
tú
acabes
él/ella
acabe
Use for past actions with present relevance in subjunctive contexts.
Key forms
yo
haya acabado
tú
hayas acabado
él/ella
haya acabado
Use for hypothetical or reported past (e.g. Si viviera…).
Key forms
yo
acabara (acabase)
tú
acabaras (acabases)
él/ella
acabara (acabase)
Use for past-before-past in subjunctive contexts.
Key forms
yo
hubiera acabado (hubiese acabado)
tú
hubieras acabado (hubieses acabado)
él/ella
hubiera acabado (hubiese acabado)
Rare; legal/formal style.
Key forms
yo
acabare
tú
acabares
él/ella
acabare
Rare; future perfect in subjunctive contexts.
Key forms
yo
hubiere acabado
tú
hubieres acabado
él/ella
hubiere acabado
Affirmative imperative only. Negative imperative is available as a separate tense.
Key forms
yo
—
tú
acaba
él/ella
acabe
Negative commands: use No + form (e.g. No hables.).
Key forms
yo
—
tú
acabes
él/ella
acabe
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