arriver.
to arrive (often followed by a location)
Meaning & usage
to arrive (often followed by a location)
On est arrivés à Paris vers 9 heures.
Ils sont arrivés avant moi.
to happen (unlike other translations of happen, can be used with an indirect object to specify something/somebody affected by the action; it may also be used with a relative clause in the subjunctive)
Ça ne m'arrive jamais.
Il arrive souvent qu'il soit en retard.
to cope, to manage
J' sais pas quoi faire... J'arrive plus.
to be able to, to manage (to do something successfully)
Je suis finalement arrivé à réparer cette porte.
Je n'arrive pas à croire que tu manges ce que le médecin t'a prescrit de ne pas manger.
to obtain a level of success or fame
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Middle French arriver, from Old French ariver, from Early Medieval Latin adrīpāre. Synchronically a- + rive + -er.
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