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)

Opposite of
sair, partir, ir embora
Frequency

A1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ʃeˈɡa(ʁ)/
Etymology

In summary

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

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