chegar
Portuguese, verb/ʃeˈɡa(ʁ)/
chegar is spelled C-H-E-G-A-R (6 letters) and appears 234 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 392nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chegar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to arrive (at); to reach (to conclude moving to a destination)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pôr em contato”.
What does chegar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to arrive (at); to reach (to conclude moving to a destination)
Em algumas horas chegaremos em Londres.
- 2
to arrive (to reach the present time)
O dia de nossa execução chegou.
- 3
to reach (to extend to as far as)
A sombra chegou à parede.
- 4
to come to; to reach (to get to the extreme value of)
Por causa da chuva, a profundidade do lago chegou a trinta metros.
- 5
to do an action that is considered extreme; even; to reach the point of
Os terroristas chegaram a decapitar os prisioneiros.
- 6
to suffice (to be enough)
A aposentada disse que quinhentos reais não chegam.
- 7
indicates that something should be stopped; to be enough
Chega!
- 8
to bring to (to place something next to)
Chega-me essa cadeira, por favor.
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. pôr em contato 2. levar a fêmea à cobrição 3. aproximar 4. pôr perto de, colocar perto de, chegar perto de
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of chegar
- chego first-person present singular
- cheguei first-person preterite singular
- chegado participle past
- g-gu alternation
- chegares infinitive second-person singular
- chegarmos first-person infinitive plural
- chegardes infinitive plural second-person
- chegarem infinitive plural third-person
- chegando gerund
- chegados masculine participle past
- chegada feminine participle past
- chegadas feminine participle past
- chegas indicative present second-person
- chega indicative present singular
- chegamos first-person indicative plural
- chegais indicative plural present
- chegam indicative plural present
- chegava first-person imperfect indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chegar?
- Brazil /ʃeˈɡa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [ʃeˈɡa(h)]
- /ʃeˈɡa(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to chegar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is chegar in Portuguese?
chegar appears 234 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).