No. 3,178 in Portuguese
conseguido
"Achieved" or "obtained."
In a sentence
Eu finalmente consegui alcançar meus objetivos.
I finally managed to achieve my goals.
In this sentence, consegui is used as the first-person past perfect indicative form of the verb 'conseguir', meaning 'to manage' or 'to achieve', indicating the speaker has successfully accomplished something.
Eles têm conseguido melhorar seus resultados ao longo do tempo.
They have been able to improve their results over time.
Here, conseguido is part of the present perfect construct 'têm conseguido', stating an ongoing improvement attributable to consistent effort, and linked with the idea of capability or achievement.
Se você tivesse conseguido terminar mais cedo, poderíamos ter assistido ao filme.
If you had managed to finish earlier, we could have watched the movie.
In this case, conseguido is used in a past conditional form, reflecting a hypothetical situation and the potential result of managing to do something.
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