# alcanzar
## Galician
### Alternative forms

* alcançar (reintegrationist)
* acalzar

### Etymology

Attested since the 13th century (alcançar). From Vulgar Latin *accalciare, from calx, calcis (“heel”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /alkanˈθaɾ/, (western) /alkanˈsaɾ/

### Verb

alcanzar (first-person singular present alcanzo, first-person singular preterite alcancei, past participle alcanzado)
* (transitive) to reach; to catch
    Synonyms: abranguer, acadar
* (transitive) to attain
    Synonyms: acadar, atanguer, atinxir

#### Derived terms

* alcanzábel
* inalcanzábel

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “alcançar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “alcanç”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
* 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
### Alternative forms

* alcançar (obsolete)

### Etymology

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

* IPA: (Spain) /alkanˈθaɾ/ [al.kãn̟ˈθaɾ]
* IPA: (Latin America, Philippines) /alkanˈsaɾ/ [al.kãnˈsaɾ]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: al‧can‧zar

### Verb

alcanzar (first-person singular present alcanzo, first-person singular preterite alcancé, past participle alcanzado)
* (transitive) to reach; to attain or achieve; to catch up with
* (intransitive) to be enough; to suffice
* (transitive) to peak, to peak at
    Synonym: llegar

#### Usage notes

* When alcanzar is used to mean to peak or to peak at, 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

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

#### Derived terms

* alcance
* alcanzable
* hasta donde alcanza la vista

#### See also

* conseguir
* lograr

### Further reading

* “alcanzar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10