inacabable

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /inakaˈbable/ [i.na.kaˈβ̞a.β̞le]
• Rhymes: -able
• Syllabification: i‧na‧ca‧ba‧ble

Adjective

inacabable m or f (masculine and feminine plural inacabables)

1. interminable

   Synonym: interminable

   • 1605, Miguel de Cervantes, “Capítulo I”, in El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha, Primera parte:

     Pero, con todo, alababa en su autor aquel acabar su libro con la promesa de aquella inacabable aventura, y muchas veces le vino deseo de tomar la pluma y dalle fin al pie de la letra como allí se promete; y sin duda alguna lo hiciera, y aun saliera con ello, si otros mayores y continuos pensamientos no se lo estorbaran.

     He commended, however, the author's way of ending his book with the promise of that interminable adventure, and many a time was he tempted to take up his pen and finish it properly as is there proposed, which no doubt he would have done, and made a successful piece of work of it too, had not greater and more absorbing thoughts prevented him.

2. endless

   Synonym: infinito

Derived terms

• inacabablemente

 

Related terms

• acabar

 

Further reading

• “inacabable”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014