Después de sus comentarios recientes sobre el aborto, su carrera como político está acabada.After his recent comments on abortion, his career as a politician is finished.

3. (elderly)

a. old

No es extraño que se ve bien acabado como padre de cuatrillizos.It´s no wonder he looks really old as a father of quadruplets.

4. (fatigued)

a. exhausted

Acabado como estaba, se levantó de la cama y se fue a trabajar.Exhausted as he was, he got out of bed and went to work.

b. worn out

Él estaba tan acabado por su turno doble que se dormía parado.He was so worn out from his double shift that he fell asleep standing up.

A masculine noun is used with masculine articles and adjectives (e.g. el hombre guapo, el sol amarillo).

masculine noun

5. (technical)

a. finish

Todavía no puede decidir si prefiero la pintura con acabado brillo o acabado satinado.I still can't decide whether I prefer the paint with the glossy finish or the matte finish.

acabado

An adjective is a word that describes a noun (e.g. the big dog).

adjective

1. (terminado)

a. finished

2. (completo)

a. perfect, consummate

3. (fracasado)

a. finished, ruined

A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling or idea (e.g. man, dog, house).

Noun

4. (de producto)

a. finish

acabado mate/satinadomatt/satin finish

acabado

adjective

1 (completo) finished

2 (viejo) old; worn out

estar acabado (de salud) to be a wreck; está acabado como futbolista he's finished as a footballer; his footballing days are over

3 (Latinoamérica) (flaco) thin; (México) (rendido) exhausted

está muy acabado (México) he's looking very old

(Técnica) finish

buen acabado high finish

acabado brillo gloss finish

acabado satinado matt finish

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Examples

Phrases

con un acabado	with a ... finish
dar un acabado antiguo a	to give an antique finish
colorín colorado, este cuento se ha acabado	and they all lived happily ever after
casi acabado	almost finished