alcanzar
Galician
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Attested since the 13th century (alcançar). From Vulgar Latin *accalciare, from calx, calcis (“heel”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]alcanzar (first-person singular present alcanzo, first-person singular preterite alcancei, past participle alcanzado)
- (transitive) to reach; to catch
- (transitive) to attain
Conjugation
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[edit]References
[edit]- Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “alcançar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “alcanzar”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “alcanzar”, 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), “alcanzar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “alcanzar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Spanish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Vulgar Latin *incalciāre (ultimately related to Latin calx (“heel”)), influenced by Latin ad and/or the Spanish preposition al. Compare the form encalzar, Portuguese encalçar, Catalan encalçar. Also compare English causeway, cause- being derived from calciare (“to tread”), which Spanish calzar also descends from.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /alkanˈθaɾ/ [al.kãn̟ˈθaɾ] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
- IPA(key): /alkanˈsaɾ/ [al.kãnˈsaɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)
Audio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: al‧can‧zar
Verb
[edit]alcanzar (first-person singular present alcanzo, first-person singular preterite alcancé, past participle alcanzado)
- (transitive) to reach; to get to to catch up
- (transitive) to accomplish; to achieve
- (intransitive) to be enough; to suffice
- (transitive, especially Latin America) to pass
- Alcánzame un tenedor, por favor.
- Pass me a fork, please.
- (transitive) to peak, to peak at
- Synonym: llegar
- Ese tipo alcanzó su punto más alto en secundaria.
- That guy peaked in high school.
Usage notes
[edit]- When alcanzar is used to mean to peak or to peak at (sense 5), it is usually followed by some measurable direct object like "el puesto", "el número", "un punto máximo". Thus, alcanzar in this case means to reach. Ultimately, the way to say that someone "peaked" in their career or a song "peaked" on the charts is expressed as "to reach a high point of" or "to reach the position of".
Conjugation
[edit]These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Derived terms
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “alcanzar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
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