chegar

From Old Portuguese chegar, from Latin plicāre, present active infinitive of plicō.

chegar (first-person singular present chego, first-person singular preterite cheguei, past participle chegado)

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

   A sombra chegou à parede.

   The shadow reached the wall.

3. (intransitive) to come to, to total, to amount to
4. (intransitive) to suffice
5. (transitive) to bring near
6. (reflexive, chegarse) to approach

• (suffice): abastar, abondar, alcanzar
• (bring near): acercar, achegar, aconchegar, arrimar
• (approach): acercarse, achegarse, aconchegarse, arrimarse

• chegada
• chegado

• cheguar (obsolete)

From Old Portuguese chegar, inherited from Latin plicāre, present active infinitive of plicō. Compare Spanish llegar. See also the doublet pregar.

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʃeˈɡa(ʁ)/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʃɨˈɡaɾ/, [ʃɨˈɣaɾ]

chegar (first-person singular present indicative chego, past participle chegado)

1. (intransitive, or transitive with a or em) 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.

2. (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.

3. (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.

4. (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.

5. (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.

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

   A aposentada falou que quinhentos reais não chega.

   The pensioner said that five hundred reais are not enough.

7. (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 corrermos.

   We have ran enough.

   Chega de chuva.

   That’s enough rain.

8. (transitive) to bring to (to place something next to)
9. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to approach (to come nearer)
10. (transitive with a) to approach (to deal with something in a particular manner)

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:chegar.

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

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

cheag +‎ -ar, or possibly from a Vulgar Latin *clagorium[1], ultimately from Latin coagulum, following metathesis, syncopation, and addition of a suffix. Compare Albanian kljuar.

chegar n

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

• cheag
• închega