No. 3,138 in Portuguese
chegamos
"We arrived" or "we have arrived."
In a sentence
Chegamos ao parque cedo hoje.
We arrived at the park early today.
In this sentence, 'chegamos' is used as the past tense form of the verb 'chegar' ('arrived') to indicate that the action of arriving occurred previously.
Chegamos juntos amanhã para a reunião.
We will arrive together tomorrow for the meeting.
In this sentence, 'chegamos' indicates a future event inferred from context and is formally in the present tense, as is common in conversational Portuguese.
Chegamos a um acordo após a conversa.
We reached an agreement after the conversation.
Here, 'chegamos' is used metaphorically to indicate reaching a conclusion or outcome, and it is the past tense of 'chegar.'
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