No. 1,698 in Portuguese
chegando
"Chegando" means "arriving" in English.
In a sentence
Estou chegando à escola agora.
I am arriving at school now.
The word 'chegando' here is used to indicate the act of arriving at a location, describing an action happening at the present moment.
Eles estavam chegando quando começou a chover.
They were arriving when it started to rain.
In this sentence, 'chegando' is part of a past continuous construction, indicating an action in progress at a point in the past.
Vou estar chegando amanhã à tarde.
I will be arriving tomorrow afternoon.
Here, 'chegando' is used to describe a future action, combining with 'vou estar' to form a future continuous structure.
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