alcanza

achieves, reaches


Examples
  • No me alcanza comprar un coche usado.

    I can not afford to buy a used car.

  • Poca gente alcanza a vivir para los cien años de edad.

    Few people live to be one hundred years old.

  • El asiento trasero del auto alcanza para tres personas.

    The back seat of the car will hold three passengers.

  • El calor se apaga automáticamente cuando la habitación alcanza cierta temperatura.

    The heat turns off automatically when the room reaches a certain temperature.

  • Ella quiere comprar un coche, pero no le alcanza.

    She wants to buy a car, but she can't afford to.

  • No me alcanza rentar una casa de este tipo en Tokio.

    I can't afford to rent a house like this in Tokyo.

  • No me alcanza el dinero para comprar un automóvil tan caro como ése.

    I can't afford to buy such an expensive car.

  • ¿Me alcanza la leche?

    Can you pass me the milk?

  • ¿Cómo se alcanza el equilibrio entre el trabajo y la vida privada?

    How is it possible to reconcile work and private life?

  • No me alcanza comprar eso.

    I can't afford to buy that.

  • Hasta donde alcanza mi memoria, he tenido pensamientos e ideas que en su momento parecían hacerme único.

    As far back as I can remember, I have had thoughts and ideas which at the time, seemed to make me unique.

  • A los cien grados centígrados el agua alcanza el hervor.

    Water comes to a boil at one hundred degrees Celsius.

  • Su falda es tan larga que alcanza el piso.

    Her skirt is so long as to reach the floor.

  • Por fin, nos alcanza para comprar una casa.

    At last we can afford a house.

  • No me alcanza una cámara arriba de 300 dólares.

    I cannot afford a camera above 300 dollars.

  • Nuestra compañía alcanza ventas anuales de mil millones de yenes.

    Our company has annual sales of a thousand million yen.


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