acaba
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Asturian[edit]
Verb[edit]
acaba
Catalan[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
acaba
- third-person singular present indicative form of acabar
- second-person singular imperative form of acabar
Portuguese[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
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acaba
- inflection of acabar:
Spanish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
acaba
- inflection of acabar:
Turkish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ottoman Turkish عجبا (acaba), from Arabic عَجَبًا (ʿajaban), adverbial accusative of عَجَب (ʿajab, “astonishment, wonder, amazement”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Adverb[edit]
acaba
- A word which makes the sentence specify curiosity, dither or doubt, and sometimes courtesy. Roughly equivalente to English phrases like “I wonder”, “Would you please mind...”, “May I...”.
- Acaba bana ne hediye aldı? (curiosity) ― (I wonder) what did he/she buy me as a present?
- Acaba sınavı geçer miyim? (doubt) ― (I wonder,) can I pass the exam?
- Acaba hangi ayakkabıyı alsam? (dither) ― (I wonder) which shoe should I buy?
- Acaba şu çantaya da bakabilir miyim? (courtesy) ― (I wonder,) can I see this bag, too?
Usage notes[edit]
- Acaba may be at the end of the sentence, too:
- Bana ne hediye aldı acaba?
References[edit]
- acaba in Turkish dictionaries at Türk Dil Kurumu
- Kélékian, Diran (1911), “عجبا”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 839
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “acaba”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
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