uses for llegar Flashcards
llegar a
to arrive to a place (to get to a place)
a qué hora llegaste a casa?
When did you get home?
Llegar a + infinitive
to manage to, to end up doing something, to become
Después de muchos años, llegó a ser presidente.
After many years, he became president.
con el tiempo, llegaràs a entenderlo.
Over time, you’ll come to understand it.
Si sigues entrenando, llegarás a correr un maratón.
If you keep training, you’ll eventually run a marathon.
Me llegaron dos mensajes de texto.
I got two text messages. (literally, two texts arrived to me.) Llegar is used for things arriving to you as well.
mi abuelo llegó a los 90 años
My grandfather made it 90 years. (Llegar is also used to reach. To reach a certain level, age, etc.)
El agua llegó hasta la puerta.
The water reached the door. Llegar is used to say “extend to” “To cover a distance”. It is used with “hasta”. Literally, it arrived up until the door.
Sus palabras me llegaron al corazón.
His words moved me. llegar as “to have an emotional impact”
sus palabras me llegaron muy adentro.
His words really touched me/moved me.
Esa película me llegó mucho.
That movie really got to me. Really impacted me. (You can use this without using “al corazón or adentro”
No me llega el dinero para comprarlo.
I don’t have enough money to buy it. Literally the money didn’t arrive to me.
Con esto no llega para todos.
This isn’t enough for everyone.
llegar tan lejos
to go so far/to come so far
Nadie imaginaba que Sofia llegaría tan lejos en su carrera.
No one imagined that Sofia would get so far in her career.
Es increíble que la tecnología haya llegado tan lejos en tan poco tiempo.
it’s incredible that technology has come so far in such a short time.
En la discusión, Mario llegó a insultar a su jefe.
In the argument, Mario even went as far as insulting his boss. (llegar a + infinitive…to go so far to do something)
llegar al golpes
to come to blows
The candidates came to blows.
Los candidatos llegaron a golpes.
llegar al fondo (de algo)
to get to the bottom of something
Tenemos que llegar al fondo de todo esto.
We have to get to the bottom of all this.
llegar a un acuerdo.
to arrive at an agreement.
