acabado
Spanish, noun/akaˈbado/
acabado is spelled A-C-A-B-A-D-O (7 letters) and appears 19 times per million words in written Spanish, the 4,150th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Acabado is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “finish, finishing (a final process or coating applied to a surface)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of acabar. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Retoques finales que se hacen a una obra o producto para perfeccionarlo”.
What does acabado mean in English?
adjective
- 1
worn-out
- 2
finished
- 3
colloquialmoneyless; out of money; having no (or very little) money; poor
Estoy acabado, ¿me prestas diez dólares?
noun
- 1
masculinefinish, finishing (a final process or coating applied to a surface)
El acabado de la mesa era perfecto.
verb
- 1
past participle of acabar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Se dice de algo que se encuentra destruido o que ha caducado su vida útil.
noun: 1. Retoques finales que se hacen a una obra o producto para perfeccionarlo.
verb: 1. Participio de acabar.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of acabado
- acabada feminine
- acabados masculine plural
- acabadas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce acabado?
- /akaˈbado/
- [a.kaˈβ̞a.ð̞o]
- [akaˈβ̞að̞o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to acabado
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is acabado in Spanish?
acabado appears 19 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).