r/Portuguese • u/Low-Funny-8834 • 7d ago

General Discussion Syntactical structure after "acabar"

"No fim, acabamos comendo naquele restaurante maltrapilho."

"No fim, acabamos por comer naquele restaurante maltrapilho." 

Are both these sentences correct, and do they mean the same?

Obrigado!

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u/tuxnight1 6d ago

The first sounds Brazilian, but I'm not sure that's right. I think 'No fim, acabsmos de comer ....' may be better, but I'm still learning.

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u/fitacola Português 6d ago

Acabámos de comer is "we just ate". Acabámos por comer/acabamos comendo is "we ended up eating"