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llegar

verbBeginnerHigh frequency

What does “llegar” mean in English?

  1. to arrive

Example sentences

  • El tren llega a las siete.

    The train arrives at seven.

  • Llegamos a Madrid.

    We arrive in Madrid.

  • Llegué tarde a la fiesta.

    I arrived late at the party.

How to use it

Llegar means 'to arrive'. Regular -ar verb except for the orthographic -gar → -gué change in the preterite 1sg: llegué.

Common mistake

Llegar takes a, not 'in' — say 'llegar a Madrid', NOT 'llegar en Madrid'. Match the destination preposition.

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Reference

This entry’s teaching guidance follows A New Reference Grammar of Modern Spanish (Butt, Benjamin & Moreira Rodríguez, Routledge), 13.