acabado
Galician
Etymology
Past participle of acabar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /akaˈbado/ [ɑ.kɑˈβ̞a.ð̞ʊ]
- Rhymes: -ado
- Hyphenation: a‧ca‧ba‧do
Adjective
acabado (feminine acabada, masculine plural acabados, feminine plural acabadas)
Noun
acabado m (plural acabados)
Participle
acabado (feminine acabada, masculine plural acabados, feminine plural acabadas)
- past participle of acabar
Further reading
- “acabado”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
- “acabado”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026
Portuguese
Etymology
Past participle of acabar.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.kaˈba.du/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /a.kaˈba.do/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.kɐˈba.du/ [ɐ.kɐˈβa.ðu]
Adjective
acabado (feminine acabada, masculine plural acabados, feminine plural acabadas, comparable, comparative mais acabado, superlative o mais acabado or acabadíssimo)
- (not comparable) over, finished (that no longer continues)
- Synonyms: terminado, feito, completo
- Antonyms: inacabado, incompleto
- (comparable) finished, polished (improved beyond what is necessary)
- Synonyms: aprimorado, melhorado
- (comparable) exhausted, depleted, used up (whose resources have been consumed entirely)
- (comparable) finished (too old; about to die)
- Synonym: moribundo
- (Brazil, informal, of a person) disheveled, unkempt, unattractive, displaying a bad appearance
- Synonym: descuidado
- Antonyms: cuidado, bem-afeiçoado, boa pinta
Participle
acabado (feminine acabada, masculine plural acabados, feminine plural acabadas)
- past participle of acabar
Further reading
- “acabado”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “acabado”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Etymology
Past participle of acabar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /akaˈbado/ [a.kaˈβ̞a.ð̞o]
Audio (Venezuela): (file) - Rhymes: -ado
- Syllabification: a‧ca‧ba‧do
Adjective
acabado (feminine acabada, masculine plural acabados, feminine plural acabadas)
- worn-out
- Synonym: agotado
- finished
- (colloquial, El Salvador) moneyless; out of money; having no (or very little) money; poor
- Synonym: pobre
- Estoy acabado, ¿me prestas diez dólares?
- I'm out of money, can I borrow you ten dollars?
Derived terms
Noun
acabado m (plural acabados)
- finish, finishing (a final process or coating applied to a surface)
- El acabado de la mesa era perfecto.
- The finish of the table was perfect.
Participle
acabado (feminine acabada, masculine plural acabados, feminine plural acabadas)
- past participle of acabar
Further reading
- “acabado”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
- “acabado”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010