llegar.
to arrive, get (to)
Meaning & usage
to arrive, get (to)
Cuando llegues a casa, mándame un mensaje.
to get up to, to go up to, to reach (+ a or + hasta)
Llegué a la cima de la montaña.
to be sufficient; to be enough
Un solo día no llega para visitar todos los museos.
to manage (be successful)
no llegué a conseguir el trabajo
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Latin applicāre (“to land, to reach the coast”), due to the strong naval tradition in Iberian peninsula. Compare Portuguese chegar, Asturian allegar, also Romanian pleca (“to leave”), though the latter might be associated with folding up tents and leaving (see Latin plicāre).
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