alcanzar.
to reach; to get to to catch up
Meaning & usage
to reach; to get to to catch up
Los alcancé a tiempo.
to accomplish; to achieve
to be enough; to suffice
to pass
Alcánzame un tenedor, por favor.
to peak, to peak at
Ese tipo alcanzó su punto más alto en secundaria.
to get it (to receive punishment; to receive a beating)
Where this word comes from
From Vulgar Latin *incalciāre (ultimately related to Latin calx (“heel”)), influenced by Latin ad and/or the Spanish preposition al. Compare the form encalzar, Portuguese encalçar, Catalan encalçar. Also compare English causeway, cause- being derived from calciare (“to tread”), which Spanish calzar also descends from.
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