cheguei
Portuguese, verb/ʃeˈɡej/
cheguei is spelled C-H-E-G-U-E-I (7 letters) and appears 40 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 2,312th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cheguei is a Portuguese verb meaning “first-person singular preterite indicative of chegar” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does cheguei mean in English?
verb
- 1
first-person singular preterite indicative of chegar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. de má aparência quando se trata, por exemplo, de roupas, traje, objetos
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.
How do you pronounce cheguei?
- Brazil /ʃeˈɡej/
- Brazil [ʃeˈɡeɪ̯]
- Portugal /ʃɨˈɡɐj/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is cheguei in Portuguese?
cheguei appears 40 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).