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chegada.

arrival (act of arriving or something that has arrived)

7 characters3 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/ʃeˈɡa.dɐ/Brazil/ʃɨˈɡa.dɐ/Portugal[ʃɨˈɣa.ðɐ]Portugal/t͡ʃɨˈɡa.dɐ/Northern, Portugal
  1. arrival (act of arriving or something that has arrived)

    feminine
  2. finish line

    feminine
Where this word comes from

From Old Galician-Portuguese chegada, from chegar (“arrive”), from Latin plicāre (“fold up, arrive”), from Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ- (“to plait, to weave”); alternatively, chegar + -ada.

adj/ʃeˈɡa.dɐ/Brazil/ʃɨˈɡa.dɐ/Portugal[ʃɨˈɣa.ðɐ]Portugal/t͡ʃɨˈɡa.dɐ/Northern, Portugal
  1. feminine singular of chegado

    feminine · form-of · singular
Where this word comes from

From Old Galician-Portuguese chegada, from chegar (“arrive”), from Latin plicāre (“fold up, arrive”), from Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ- (“to plait, to weave”); alternatively, chegar + -ada.

verb/ʃeˈɡa.dɐ/Brazil/ʃɨˈɡa.dɐ/Portugal[ʃɨˈɣa.ðɐ]Portugal/t͡ʃɨˈɡa.dɐ/Northern, Portugal
  1. feminine singular of chegado

    feminine · form-of · participle · singular
Where this word comes from

From Old Galician-Portuguese chegada, from chegar (“arrive”), from Latin plicāre (“fold up, arrive”), from Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ- (“to plait, to weave”); alternatively, chegar + -ada.

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