chegar

Meaning

1. to arrive (at); to reach (to conclude moving to a destination)
2. (intransitive) to arrive (to reach the present time)
3. to reach (to extend to as far as)
4. (intransitive) to come to; to reach (to get to the extreme value of)
5. to do an action that is considered extreme; even; to reach the point of
6. (intransitive) to suffice (to be enough)
7. (auxiliary,impersonal,intransitive) indicates that something should be stopped; to be enough
8. (transitive) to bring to (to place something next to)
9. (pronominal) to approach (to come nearer)
10. (intransitive) to approach (to deal with something in a particular manner)

Hyphenated as

che‧gar

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ʃeˈɡa(ʁ)/

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese chegar, from Latin plicāre. Compare Galician chegar and Spanish llegar. See also the doublets pregar and plicar.

Sentences

Você vai chegar perto dele ?

Are you going to get close to him?

Precisamos chegar a tempo para podermos ver o show .

We need to be on time so we can see the show.

Quando chegar a outubro , abra o chão e abra o mar .

When October comes, open the ground and open the sea.

Mas talvez eu nunca tenha outra chance de chegar às pirâmides no Egito .

But I may never get another chance to reach the pyramids in Egypt.