chegar

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese chegar, from Latin plicāre, present active infinitive of plicō. Cognate with Portuguese chegar and Spanish llegar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃeˈɣaɾ/

Verb

1. (intransitive) to arrive

   Chegaches tarde. ― You arrived late.

2. (intransitive) to reach (to extend to as far as)

   A sombra chegou á parede. ― The shadow reached the wall.

   Synonym: alcanzar

3. (intransitive) to come to, to total, to amount to
4. (intransitive) to suffice

   -Chega? -Chega! ― «Is it enough?» «It is enough!»

   Xa chega de politica. ― Enough of politics.

   Synonyms: abastar, abondar

5. (transitive) to bring near

   Synonyms: acercar, achegar, aconchegar, agarimar, arrimar

6. (pronominal) to approach; to draw near
7. A pota dixo ao caldeiro: Chégate aló que me lixas! ― The pot told the cauldron: «Go there, you're messing me!»

   Synonyms: acercar, achegar, arrimar

Related terms

• achegar
• chegada
• chegado
• chegar ben (“to be enough or more than enough”)
• rechegar

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “chegar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “chegar”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “chegar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “chegar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “chegar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• cheguar (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese chegar, inherited from Latin plicō. Compare Spanish llegar. See also the doublet pregar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʃeˈɡa(ʁ)/ [ʃeˈɡa(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʃeˈɡa(ʁ)/ [ʃeˈɡa(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ʃeˈɡa(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʃeˈɡa(ʁ)/ [ʃeˈɡa(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʃeˈɡa(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʃɨˈɡaɾ/ [ʃɨˈɣaɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʃɨˈɡaɾ/ [ʃɨˈɣaɾ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɨˈɡaɾ/ [t͡ʃɨˈɣaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʃɨˈɡa.ɾi/ [ʃɨˈɣa.ɾi]

• Hyphenation: che‧gar

Verb

2. Template:indtr to arrive (at); to reach (to conclude moving to a destination)

   Antonyms: sair, partir, ir embora

   Em algumas horas chegaremos em Londres. ― In a few hours we will arrive at London. (Brazil)

   Em algumas horas vamos chegar a Londres. ― In a few hours we will arrive at London. (Portugal)

4. (of an event or point in time, intransitive) to arrive (to reach the present time)

   O dia de nossa execução chega amanhã. ― The day of our execution arrives tomorrow.

6. Template:indtr to reach (to extend to as far as)

   A sombra chegou à parede. ― The shadow reached the wall.

8. Template:indtr to come to; to reach (to get to the extreme value of)

   Por causa da chuva, a profundidade do lago chegou a trinta metros. ― Because of the rain, a depth of the lake reached thirty metres.

10. Template:indtr to do an action that is considered extreme; even; to reach the point of

    Os terroristas chegaram a decapitar os prisioneiros. ― The terrorists even decapitated the prisoners.

12. (intransitive) to suffice (to be enough)

    A aposentada falou que quinhentos reais não chega. ― The pensioner said that five hundred reais are not enough.

14. Template:indtr indicates that something should be stopped; to be enough

    Chega! ― That’s enough!

    Chega de corrermos. ― We have ran enough.

    Chega de chuva. ― That’s enough rain.

16. (transitive) to bring to (to place something next to)
18. (pronominal) to approach (to come nearer)
20. Template:indtr to approach (to deal with something in a particular manner)

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:chegar.

Synonyms

• (suffice): bastar
• (bring near): acercar, aproximar
• (approach): acercar-se, aproximar-se

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Romanian

Etymology

cheag +‎ -ar, or possibly from a Vulgar Latin *clagorium, ultimately from Latin coagulum, following metathesis, syncopation, and addition of a suffix. Compare Albanian kljuar.

Noun

chegar n (plural chegare)

1. (rare, archaic) a bucket in which milk curdles

Declension

Declension of chegar

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) chegar	chegarul	(niște) chegare	chegarele
genitive/dative	(unui) chegar	chegarului	(unor) chegare	chegarelor
vocative	chegarule		chegarelor

Related terms

• cheag
• închega