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llegar

/ʝeˈɡaɾ/, [ɟ͡ʝeˈɣ̞aɾ], /ʝeˈɡaɾ/, [ɟ͡ʝeˈɣ̞aɾ]

arrive, go to, to get

Examples

  • Él corrió para llegar a tiempo.

    He ran, so as to arrive on time.

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  • Dejaron de llegar cartas de Tom.

    Tom's letters stopped coming.

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  • En la época en que las voces de las mujeres fueron acalladas y sus esperanzas descartadas, ella sobrevivió para verlas levantarse, expresarse y llegar a la votación.

    At a time when women's voices were silenced and their hopes dismissed, she lived to see them stand up and speak out and reach out for the ballot.

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  • ¡Vaya! ¿Cómo has podido llegar aquí? ¡No soy bueno con los computadores!

    Oh God! How did this get here? I'm not good with computers!

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  • Llegar temprano está bueno.

    Arriving early is good.

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  • No consiguieron llegar a tiempo por culpa del atasco.

    They failed to come on time owing to the traffic jam.

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  • Acabo de llegar a casa.

    I've just come home.

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  • Le seguimos en fila india hasta llegar a la cabaña.

    We followed him single file till we reached the cabin.

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  • Me apuré para no llegar tarde a la escuela.

    I hurried in order not to be late for school.

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  • Por favor, dime cómo llegar a la tienda XYZ.

    Please tell me the way to the XYZ store.

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  • Acabo de llegar del colegio.

    I have just come back from school.

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  • Le preocupa que él pueda llegar atrasado.

    He's worried that he might be late.

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  • Era demasiado bajo para llegar al estante de arriba, por lo que le pedí a Tom que me ayudara a coger el libro.

    I was too short to reach the top shelf, so I asked Tom to get the book for me.

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  • Tom atravesó el puente para llegar a la casa de Mary.

    Tom crossed the bridge to get to Mary's house.

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  • Son las cinco y todavía no estás en la cama. Acabas de llegar del bar, ¿verdad?

    It's five and you're still not in bed! You just came back from the bar, didn't you?

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  • Me di prisa en llegar a la estación tan sólo para ver que el tren ya había salido.

    I hurried to the station only to find that the train had already left.

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  • ¿Cómo puedo llegar a la puerta A-1?

    How can I get to gate A-1?

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  • Al llegar a casa, mis hermanas estaban cocinando.

    My sisters were cooking when I came home.

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  • Tom no estaba seguro de cuándo iba a llegar Mary.

    Tom didn't know for certain when Mary was going to arrive.

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  • Al llegar la primavera, todo el mundo se despierta temprano.

    In spring, everyone wakes up early.

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