llegar
Meaning
- (intransitive) to arrive, get (to)
- (intransitive) to get up to, to go up to, to reach (+ a or + hasta)
- (intransitive) to be sufficient; to be enough
- (intransitive) to manage (be successful)
Concepts
come here
yield
get done
progress to
arrive here
appeal to
be enough
Synonyms
ir hasta
convertirse en
tener éxito
arribar a
llegar acá
llegar aquí
hacer su llegada
lograr alcanzar
lograr ser
desguindar
ayuntarse carnalmente
Frequency
Hyphenated as
lle‧gar
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ʝeˈɡaɾ/
Etymology
Inherited from Latin plicāre (“to fold”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ- (“to plait, to weave”). The semantic shift over time from "to fold" is also found in some other Romance cognates, and may be linked to the idea of folding sails when arriving at a port, especially in Iberian Romance where naval tradition was strong. Compare Portuguese chegar; however compare also Romanian pleca (“to leave”), with the opposite meaning, possibly because there the word was associated with folding up tents and leaving. See also the Spanish doublet plegar (“to fold”). Another theory instead derives llegar from a Vulgar Latin plicāre as a regressive derivation from Classical Latin applicāre (“apply, add, attach, join to”). Cognate with English ply.
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Otros cuatro 4 tripulantes , murieron en la costa sin llegar a ser tomados como prisioneros .
Four other crew members died on the coast without being taken as prisoners.
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