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Asturian
Pronunciation
Verb
chegar
Alternative form of llegar
Galician
Etymology
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese chegar , from Latin plicāre . Cognate with Portuguese chegar and Spanish llegar .
Pronunciation
Verb
chegar (first-person singular present chego , first-person singular preterite cheguei , past participle chegado )
( intransitive ) to arrive
Chegaches tarde. ― You arrived late.
( intransitive ) to reach ( to extend to as far as )
Synonym: alcanzar
A sombra chegou á parede. ― The shadow reached the wall.
( intransitive ) to come to , to total , to amount to
( intransitive ) to suffice
Synonyms: abastar , abondar
-Chega ? -Chega ! ― «Is it enough ?» «It is enough !»
Xa chega de politica. ― Enough of politics.
( transitive ) to bring near
Synonyms: acercar , achegar , aconchegar , agarimar , arrimar
( takes a reflexive pronoun ) to approach ; to draw near
Synonyms: acercar , achegar , arrimar
A pota dixo ao caldeiro: Chégate aló que me lixas! ― The pot told the cauldron: «Go there, you're messing me!»
Conjugation
Conjugation of chegar (g-gu alternation)
Singular
Plural
First-person (eu )
Second-person (ti / tu )
Third-person (ele / ela / você )
First-person (nós )
Second-person (vós )
Third-person (eles / elas / vocês )
Infinitive
Impersonal
chegar
Personal
chegar
chegares
chegar
chegarmos
chegardes
chegarem
Gerund
chegando
Past participle
Masculine
chegado
chegados
Feminine
chegada
chegadas
Indicative
Present
chego
chegas
chega
chegamos
chegades , chegais
chegam
Imperfect
chegava
chegavas
chegava
chegávamos
chegávades , chegáveis , chegávais 1
chegavam
Preterite
cheguei
chegaste , chegache 1
chegou
chegamos
chegastes
chegárom , chegaram
Pluperfect
chegara
chegaras
chegara
chegáramos
chegárades , chegáreis , chegárais 1
chegaram
Future
chegarei
chegarás
chegará
chegaremos
chegaredes , chegareis
chegarám , chegarão
Conditional
chegaria
chegarias
chegaria
chegaríamos
chegaríades , chegaríeis , chegaríais 1
chegariam
Subjunctive
Present
chegue
chegues
chegue
cheguemos
cheguedes , chegueis
cheguem
Imperfect
chegasse
chegasses
chegasse
chegássemos
chegássedes , chegásseis
chegassem
Future
chegar
chegares
chegar
chegarmos
chegardes
chegarem
Imperative
Affirmative
chega
chegue
cheguemos
chegade , chegai
cheguem
Negative (nom )
nom chegues
nom chegue
nom cheguemos
nom cheguedes , nom chegueis
nom cheguem
Related terms
References
“chegar ” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval , SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
“chegar ” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval . SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
“chegar ” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega , SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
“chegar ” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega . Santiago: ILG.
“chegar ” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués , Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Old Galician-Portuguese
Etymology
Inherited from Latin plicāre .
Pronunciation
Verb
chegar
to arrive
Conjugation
Conjugation of chegar
Note: Forms marked with an asterisk (*), if any, are unattested forms that are presumed to have existed verbally and were conjugated according to the Old Galician-Portuguese conjugation system.
infinitive
chegar
gerund
chegando
past participle
singular
plural
masculine
chegado
chegada
feminine
chegados
chegadas
person
singular
plural
first
second
third
first
second
third
indicative mood
eu
tu
el~ele ela vossa mercee
nós nós outros nós outras
vós vós outros vós outras
eles elas
simple tenses
present
chego
chegas
chega
chegamos
chegades
chegam 1 , chegan 2
imperfect
chegava
chegavas
chegava
chegavamos
chegavades
chegavam 1 , chegavan 2
preterite
cheguei
chegaste 1 , chegasche 2
chegou
chegamos
chegastes
chegarom 1 , chegaron 2
pluperfect
chegara
chegaras
chegara
chegaramos
chegarades
chegaram 1 , chegaran 2
future
chegarei
chegarás
chegará
chegaremos
chegaredes
chegarám 1 , chegarán 2
conditional
chegaría
chegarías
chegaría
chegariamos
chegariades
chegaríam 1 , chegarían 2
compound tenses
present perfect
present of haver 3 or tẽer 4 + past participle
present imperfect
imperfect of haver 3 or tẽer 4 + past participle
past anterior
preterite of haver 3 or tẽer 4 + past participle
pluperfect
simple pluperfect of haver 3 or tẽer 4 + past participle
future perfect
future of haver 3 or tẽer 4 + past participle
conditional perfect
conditional of haver 3 or tẽer 4 + past participle
subjunctive mood
eu
tu
el~ele ela vossa mercee
nós nós outros nós outras
vós vós outros vós outras
eles elas
simple tenses
present
chegue
chegues
chegue
cheguemos
cheguedes
cheguem 1 , cheguen 2
preterite
chegasse
chegasses
chegasse
chegassemos
chegassedes
chegassem 1 , chegassen 2
future
chegar
chegares
chegar
chegarmos
chegardes
chegarem 1 , chegaren 2
compound tenses
present perfect
present subjunctive of haver 3 or tẽer 4 + past participle
pluperfect
preterite subjunctive of haver 3 or tẽer 4 + past participle
perfect future
future subjunctive of haver 3 or tẽer 4 + past participle
imperative mood
—
tu
vossa mercee
nós nós outros nós outras
vós vós outros vós outras
—
affirmative
—
chega
chegue
cheguemos
chegade
—
negative
—
nunca non chegues
nunca non chegue
nunca non cheguemos
nunca non cheguedes
—
personal infinitive
eu
tu
el~ele ela vossa mercee
nós nós outros nós outras
vós vós outros vós outras
eles elas
chegar
chegares
chegar
chegarmos
chegardes
chegarem 1 , chegaren 2
1 Less common in Galicia
2 Less common in Portugal
3 Its alternative form aver can be used as well.
4 Teer and ter were used too, though all 3 were less common than forms of "haver".
Related terms
Descendants
Galician: chegar
Portuguese: chegar (see there for further descendants )
Further reading
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese chegar , from Latin plicāre . Compare Galician chegar and Spanish llegar . See also the doublets pregar and plicar .
Pronunciation
Verb
chegar (first-person singular present chego , first-person singular preterite cheguei , past participle chegado )
( intransitive , or transitive with a or em ) 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 chegaremos a Londres. ― In a few hours we will arrive at London. ( Portugal )
( of an event or point in time, intransitive ) to arrive ( to reach the present time )
O dia de nossa execução chegou . ― The day of our execution has arrived .
( transitive with a or em or até ) to reach ( to extend to as far as )
A sombra chegou à parede. ― The shadow reached the wall.
( transitive with a ) 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.
( auxiliary with a and a verb in the impersonal infinitive) 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.
( intransitive ) to suffice ( to be enough )
Synonym: bastar
A aposentada disse que quinhentos reais não chegam . ― The pensioner said that five hundred reais are not enough .
( impersonal , transitive or intransitive , or auxiliary with de and a verb in the personal infinitive) indicates that something should be stopped ; to be enough
Chega ! ― That’s enough !
Chega de chuva. ― That’s enough rain.
( transitive ) to bring to ( to place something next to )
Synonyms: acercar , aproximar
Chega -me essa cadeira, por favor. ― Bring me that chair, please.
( takes a reflexive pronoun ) to approach ( to come nearer )
Synonyms: acercar , aproximar
Chega-te aqui, temos de falar. ― Come closer , we need to talk.
( transitive with a ) to approach ( to deal with something in a particular manner )
Conjugation
1 Brazilian Portuguese.2 European Portuguese.
Quotations
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Derived terms
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Descendants
Romanian
Etymology
From 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 )
( rare , archaic ) a bucket in which milk curdles
Declension
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