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

• Template:R:DDGM
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “chegar”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Template:R:DDLG
• Template:R:TILG
• 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]

Verb

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

   Em algumas horas chegaremos em Londres.

   In a few hours we will arrive at London.

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

Antonyms

• (to arrive at): sair, partir, ir embora

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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

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

Related terms

• cheag
• închega