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llegar.

to arrive, get (to)

6 characters2 syllables approx.Español language

Meaning & usage

verb/ʝeˈɡaɾ/[ɟ͡ʝeˈɣ̞aɾ]/ʝeˈɡaɾ/[ɟ͡ʝeˈɣ̞aɾ]
  1. to arrive, get (to)

    intransitive
    Cuando llegues a casa, mándame un mensaje.
  2. to get up to, to go up to, to reach (+ a or + hasta)

    intransitive
    Llegué a la cima de la montaña.
  3. to be sufficient; to be enough

    intransitive
    Un solo día no llega para visitar todos los museos.
  4. to manage (be successful)

    intransitive
    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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