arrive

llegar

Alcanzar el lugar al que se está yendo.

En inglés sencillo: To reach the place you are going to.

• We arrived home late.
• The guests will arrive at six.
• When did you arrive in London?

Cómo se usa: arrive at a place (We arrived at the station early.); arrive in a city/country (They arrive in Italy tomorrow.); arrive home (She arrived home after midnight.)

Sinónimos: get there, reach one's destination

Antónimos: leave, depart

Expresiones frecuentes: arrive home, arrive at school, arrive in london, arrive at something

llegar

Llegar una cosa enviada al lugar al que se mandó.

En inglés sencillo: If an object is sent somewhere, it reaches that place.

• Your parcel arrived today.
• The letter arrived by post yesterday.
• Has my new phone arrived yet?

Cómo se usa: arrive at a place (The supplies arrived at the warehouse today.)

Sinónimos: come, be delivered

Expresiones frecuentes: arrive by post, arrive in something, arrive at something

llegar

Llegar el momento en que ocurre algo que antes estaba por venir.

En inglés sencillo: If a time or event does this, it becomes the present rather than the future.

• Summer has arrived.
• The moment finally arrived for her speech.
• When the holidays arrive, we will visit our cousins.

Sinónimos: come

Expresiones frecuentes: summer will arrive, the day will arrive, when holidays arrive