Acabar de, Helpful Phrasal Verbs

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To have just finish an action. 

“Acabar de” is a phrasal verb in Spanish. Conjugated in present tense means past tense, something that happened a short time ago. How long ago? It depends on the subject. It could be an action performed a few minutes ago or an unhabitual action that happened a while ago, like a trip or buying a house…

Examples of “Acabar de”:

Acaban de regresar de Europa.
They’ve just got back from Europe. Yesterday, a couple of month ago…?

Acabo de terminar el rompecabezas.
I just completed the puzzle.

Acabamos de comprar un auto.  (present tense)
We just bought a car.  (past tense). A day ago, a month ago…?

Acabo de salir de mi casa.  (present tense)
I have just left the house.(past tense)

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