chegar

Portuguese

/ʃeˈɡa(ʁ)/, /ʃɨˈɡaɾ/

verb
Definitions
  • to arrive (at); to reach to conclude moving to a destination
  • (of an event or point in time) to arrive to reach the present time
  • to reach to extend to as far as
  • to come to; to reach to get to the extreme value of
  • ; even; to reach the point of
  • (intransitive) to suffice to be enough
  • ; to be enough
  • (transitive) to bring to to place something next to
  • (pronominal) to approach to come nearer
  • to approach to deal with something in a particular manner

Etymology

Inherited from Old Portuguese chegar inherited from Latin plicāre (fold).

Origin

Latin

plicāre

Gloss

fold

Concept
Semantic Field

Basic actions and technology

Ontological Category

Action/Process

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