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/

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʃɨˈɡa.dɐ/ [ʃɨˈɣa.ðɐ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʃɨˈɡa.dɐ/ [ʃɨˈɣa.ðɐ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɨˈɡa.dɐ/ [t͡ʃɨˈɣa.ðɐ]

• 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

Related terms

• chegadela
• chegar

 

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