inacabable

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Spanish

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Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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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

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