acabé

Acabé is the first-person singular form of the Spanish verb acabar in the pretérito perfecto simple, the simple past tense. It indicates that the speaker completed an action at a definite point in the past and can be translated as "I finished" or "I ended." The accent on the final syllable helps distinguish this form from the present subjunctive acabe, which lacks the accent.

Conjugation (pretérito perfecto simple) for acabar:

yo acabé; tú acabaste; él/ella/usted acabó; nosotros/nosotras acabamos; vosotros/vosotras acabasteis; ellos/ellas/ustedes acabaron.

Usage notes:

Acabé is transitive and typically takes a direct object, as in "Acabé el informe" (I finished the report). It can also appear with de + infinitive to express just having finished an action in a near past sense, as in "Acabé de comer" (I have just eaten). In narrative, acabar is commonly used to mark a completed past action, especially with a definite time reference (Ayer, acabé a las cinco). In contrast, the present perfect form he acabado or the pluperfect había acabado is used to relate past actions to the present or to another past moment.

See also:

Acabar de, which is used to indicate something that has just happened, and the broader conjugation of the verb acabar.