Present
Presente · now, habits and facts
- yo I run out
- tú you run out
- usted, él, ella he/she runs out
- nosotros we run out
- vosotros Spain you all run out
- ustedes, ellos, ellas they run out
SPANISH VERB
acabarse
to run out
- #489 most used
- Regular -ar verb
- Gerund: acabándose
- Past participle: acabado
Conjugation
Tap any form to hear it. The part that changes is in colour.
Past
Pretérito indefinido · finished actions
- yo I ran out
- tú you ran out
- usted, él, ella he/she ran out
- nosotros we ran out
- vosotros Spain you all ran out
- ustedes, ellos, ellas they ran out
Imperfect
Pretérito imperfecto · “used to” and “was …ing”
- yo I used to run out
- tú you used to run out
- usted, él, ella he/she used to run out
- nosotros we used to run out
- vosotros Spain you all used to run out
- ustedes, ellos, ellas they used to run out
Future
Futuro · plans and promises; in speech, “voy a hablar” is just as common
- yo I will run out
- tú you will run out
- usted, él, ella he/she will run out
- nosotros we will run out
- vosotros Spain you all will run out
- ustedes, ellos, ellas they will run out
Conditional
Condicional · “would”
- yo I would run out
- tú you would run out
- usted, él, ella he/she would run out
- nosotros we would run out
- vosotros Spain you all would run out
- ustedes, ellos, ellas they would run out
Present subjunctive
Presente de subjuntivo · wishes, doubts, “que …”
- yo (that) I run out
- tú (that) you run out
- usted, él, ella (that) he/she run out
- nosotros (that) we run out
- vosotros Spain (that) you all run out
- ustedes, ellos, ellas (that) they run out
Past subjunctive
Imperfecto de subjuntivo · “if I were”, “si …”
- yo (if) I ran out
- tú (if) you ran out
- usted, él, ella (if) he/she ran out
- nosotros (if) we ran out
- vosotros Spain (if) you all ran out
- ustedes, ellos, ellas (if) they ran out
Imperative
Imperativo · requests and orders; a negative one uses the subjunctive (no hables)
- tú run out!
- usted run out! (formal)
- nosotros run out! (let’s)
- vosotros Spain run out! (all of you)
- ustedes run out! (all of you)
How to use acabarse
One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.
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Present
Se acaba el tiempo, hay que decidir ya.
Time's running out, we have to decide now.
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Past
Se acabaron las tortillas, voy por más.
We've run out of tortillas, I'm going to get more.
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Imperfect
En mi casa el pan se acababa en un día.
In my house the bread would be gone in a day.
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Future
Si no te apuras, se acabarán los boletos.
If you don't hurry, the tickets will run out.
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Conditional
Con tanta gente, la comida se acabaría muy pronto.
With so many people, the food would run out very soon.
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Present subjunctive
Compra más hielo antes de que se acabe.
Buy more ice before it runs out.
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Past subjunctive
Si se acabara el gas, cenaríamos fuera.
If the gas ran out, we'd eat out.
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Imperative
¡Acábate la sopa y luego hay postre!
Finish up your soup and then there's dessert!
Good to know
- "Se acabó" is "it's over" or "there's none left": "Se acabó la leche."
Where you hear acabarse
The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.
Spanish · Beginner Level 3
- Siempre se me acaba la batería en la tarde. My battery always runs out in the afternoon.
- Se nos acabó el agua en la playa. We ran out of water at the beach.
- Si no llenamos el tanque, se nos va a acabar la gasolina. If we don't fill the tank, we're going to run out of petrol.
Spanish · Intermediate Level 2
- Siempre se me acaba la batería del celular. My phone battery always runs out.
- Se me acabaron las pastillas el sábado. I ran out of pills on Saturday.
- Se nos va a acabar el café. We're going to run out of coffee.
Verbs like this one
The same pattern, on other verbs: regular -ar verb.