chegada

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese chegada, from chegar (arrive), from Latin plicāre (fold up, arrive), from Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ- (to plait, to weave); alternatively, chegar + -ada.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʃeˈɡa.dɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ʃeˈɡa.da/
 

  • Hyphenation: che‧ga‧da

Adjective

chegada f sg

  1. feminine singular of chegado

Noun

chegada f (plural chegadas)

  1. arrival (act of arriving or something that has arrived)
  2. finish line
    Synonyms: fim, linha de chegada, termo

Participle

chegada f sg

  1. feminine singular of chegado

Further reading

  • chegada” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
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