# chegar
## Asturian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /t͡ʃeˈɡaɾ/ [t͡ʃeˈɣ̞aɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: che‧gar

### 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

* IPA: /t͡ʃeˈɡaɾ/ [t͡ʃeˈɣ̞ɑɾ]
* IPA: (standard) /t͡ʃeˈɡaɾ/ [t͡ʃeˈɣ̞ɑɾ]
* IPA: (gheada) /t͡ʃeˈħaɾ/ [t͡ʃeˈħɑɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Hyphenation: che‧gar

### 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 política. ― Enough of politics.
* (transitive) to bring near
    Synonyms: acercar, achegar, aconchegar, agarimar, arrimar
* (pronominal) 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

$^1$Less recommended.

#### Related terms

* achegar
* chegada
* chegado
* chegar ben (“to be enough or more than enough”)
* rechegar

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “chegar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “chegar”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “chegar”, 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), “chegar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* 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

## Old Galician-Portuguese
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin plicāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /t͡ʃe.ˈɡaɾ/
* Rhymes: -aɾ

### Verb

chegar
* to arrive

#### Related terms

* achegar

#### Descendants

* Galician: chegar
* Portuguese: chegar (see there for further descendants)

### Further reading

* Universo Cantigas - "chegar"

## Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* cheguar (obsolete)

### Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese chegar, from Latin plicāre. Compare Galician chegar and Spanish llegar. See also the doublets pregar and plicar.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ʃeˈɡa(ʁ)/ [ʃeˈɡa(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ʃeˈɡa(ʁ)/ [ʃeˈɡa(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /ʃeˈɡa(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ʃeˈɡa(ʁ)/ [ʃeˈɡa(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ʃeˈɡa(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ʃɨˈɡaɾ/ [ʃɨˈɣaɾ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ʃɨˈɡaɾ/ [ʃɨˈɣaɾ]
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /t͡ʃɨˈɡaɾ/ [t͡ʃɨˈɣaɾ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ʃɨˈɡa.ɾi/ [ʃɨˈɣa.ɾi]
* Audio (Brazil):(file)
* Audio (Northern Portugal):(file)
* Hyphenation: che‧gar

### Verb

chegar (first-person singular present chego, first-person singular preterite cheguei, past participle chegado)
* to arrive (at); to reach (to conclude moving to a destination) [with (Portugal) a or (Brazil) em ‘a destination’]
    Antonyms: sair, partir, ir embora
    Em algumas horas chegaremos em Londres. (Brazil) ― In a few hours we will arrive at London.
    Em algumas horas chegaremos a Londres. (Portugal) ― In a few hours we will arrive at London.
* (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.
* to reach (to extend to as far as) [with a or em ‘to’; or with até ‘as far as’]
    A sombra chegou à parede. ― The shadow reached the wall.
* (intransitive) to come to; to reach (to get to the extreme value of) [with a ‘a measurement’]
    Por causa da chuva, a profundidade do lago chegou a trinta metros. ― Because of the rain, a depth of the lake reached thirty metres.
* to do an action that is considered extreme; even; to reach the point of [with a (+ infinitive) ‘doing something’]
    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.
* (intransitive, impersonal, auxiliary) indicates that something should be stopped; to be enough [with de ‘of something’; or with de (+ personal infinitive) ‘of doing something’]
    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.
* (pronominal) to approach (to come nearer)
    Synonyms: acercar, aproximar
    Chega-te aqui, temos de falar. ― Come closer, we need to talk.
* (intransitive) to approach (to deal with something in a particular manner) [with a]

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

#### Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:chegar.

#### Derived terms

* chega
* chegar chegando
* sobrechegar

#### Related terms

* achegar
* aplicar
* complicar
* desemprego
* despregar
* duplex
* duplicar
* empregar
* emprego
* explicar
* implicar
* multiplicar
* plica
* plicar
* prega
* pregar
* prego
* quadruplicar
* replicar
* suplicar
* triplex
* triplicar

#### Descendants

* Guinea-Bissau Creole: tciga, tciganta
* Macanese: chegâ

### References

* “chegar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

## 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

#### Related terms

* cheag
* închega

### References

* ↑ http://www.dex.ro/chiag