Learn all about the verb in Spanish for arrive
llegar
The Spanish for arrive is llegar, which sounds a bit like YEGAR... so to remember this one effectively...
... imagine that Chuck YEAGER (m) arrives at the airport
in his little Rocket Jet XS1.
Once you have looked at the cartoon picture and memorised it ... check out the conjugations of llegar in the various Spanish verb tenses below.
| Present Participle | Past Participle |
|---|---|
| llegando = arriving | llegado = arrived |
The past participle is very important as it is used to form the various compound tenses, seven of which are used in modern Spanish conversation and writing. Check out the tenses in the tables below.
Verb llegar fully conjugated. The Spanish for arrive.
The 7 Simple Tenses of the conjugated Spanish verb llegar - to arrive
| Present Tense - Presente | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| yo | llego | I (am) | - arrive - arriving - do arrive |
| tú | llegas | you (are) (inf.sing) | |
| él, ella ----- usted |
llega | he, she, it (is) ----- you (are) (form.sing) |
|
| nosotros | llegamos | we (are) | |
| vosotros | llegáis | you (are) (inf.pl) | |
| ellos, ellas ustedes |
llegan | they (are) (m/f) ----- you (are) (form.pl) |
|
Example sentences using the Spanish for arrive, the verb llegar conjugated in the present indicative tense:
Llego a tiempo.
I am arriving on time.
| Imperfect Indicative Tense Imperfecto de Indicativo |
|||
|---|---|---|---|
| yo | llegaba | I (was) | - arrived - arriving - used to arrive |
| tú | llegabas | you (were) (inf.sing) | |
| él, ella usted |
llegaba | he, she, it (was) ----- you (were) (form.sing) |
|
| nosotros | llegábamos | we (were) | |
| vosotros | llegabais | you (were) (inf.pl) | |
| ellos, ellas ustedes |
llegaban | they (m/f) you (were) (form.pl) |
|
Example sentence using the Spanish for arrive, the verb llegar conjugated in the imperfect indicative tense:
En diciembre llegaba el hurucán.
The hurricane arrived in December.
| Preterit Tense - Pretérito | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| yo | llegué | I | arrived |
| tú | llegaste | you (inf.sing) | |
| él, ella usted |
llegó | he, she, it you (form.sing) |
|
| nosotros | llegamos | we | |
| vosotros | llegasteis | you (inf.pl) | |
| ellos, ellas ustedes |
llegaron | they (m/f) you (form.pl) |
|
Example Spanish sentence of the verb llegar - Spanish for arrive - conjugated in the preterit tense:
Yo llegué de primero a la fiesta.
I arrived first at the party.
| Future Tense - Futuro | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| yo | llegaré | I | - will arrive - will be arriving |
| tú | llegarás | you (inf.sing) | |
| él, ella usted |
llegará | he, she, it you (form.sing) |
|
| nosotros | llegaremos | we | |
| vosotros | llegaréis | you (inf.pl) | |
| ellos ellas ustedes |
llegarán | they (m/f) you (form.pl) |
|
Example sentence of the verb llegar - Spanish for arrive - conjugated in the future tense:
Yo llegaré la semana que viene.
I will arrive next week.
| Conditional Tense - Potencial Simple | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| yo | llegaría | I | would arrive |
| tú | llegarías | you (inf.sing) | |
| él, ella usted |
llegaría | he, she, it you (form.sing) |
|
| nosotros | llegaríamos | we | |
| vosotros | llegaríais | you (inf.pl) | |
| ellos, ellas ustedes |
llegarían | they (m/f) you (form.pl) |
|
Example sentence of the verb llegar - Spanish for arrive - conjugated in the conditional tense:
Ellos no llegarían el viernes.
They wouldn’t arrive on Friday.
| Present Subjunctive Tense - Presente de Subjuntivo | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| yo | llegue | I | - may arrive - may be arriving |
| tú | llegues | you (inf.sing) | |
| él, ella usted |
llegue | he, she, it you (form.sing) |
|
| nosotros | lleguemos | we | |
| vosotros | lleguéis | you (inf.pl) | |
| ellos ellas ustedes |
lleguen | they (m/f) you (form.pl) |
|
Example sentence using the word in Spanish for arrive, which is the verb llegar conjugated in the present subjunctive tense:
Yo dudo que llegues a tiempo.
I doubt that you (may) arrive on time.
| Imperfect Subjunctive Tense -ra version - Imperfecto de Subjuntivo | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| yo | llegara | (that) I | (maybe) arrived (in the past) |
| tú | llegaras | (that) you (inf.sing) | |
| él, ella usted |
llegara | (that) he, she, it you (form.sing) |
|
| nosotros | llegáramos | (that) we | |
| vosotros | llegarais | (that) you (inf.pl) | |
| ellos, ellas ustedes |
llegaran | (that) they (m/f) you (form.pl) |
|
Example Spanish sentence of the verb llegar conjugated in the imperfect subjunctive –ra version tense:
Siento que no llegáramos a tiempo para entrar al cine.
I’m sorry that we didn’t arrive on time to get into the cinema.
| Imperfect Subjunctive Tense -se version - Imperfecto de Subjuntivo | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| yo | llegase | (that) I | (maybe) arrived (in the past) |
| tú | llegases | (that) you (inf.sing) | |
| él, ella usted |
llegase | (that) he, she, it you (form.sing) |
|
| nosotros | llegásemos | (that) we | |
| vosotros | llegaseis | (that) you (inf.pl) | |
| ellos, ellas ustedes |
llegasen | (that) they (m/f) you (form.pl) |
|
Example sentence of the Spanish for arrive, the verb llegar conjugated in the imperfect subjunctive –se version tense:
Siento que no llegásemos a tiempo para entrar al cine.
I’m sorry that we didn’t arrive on time to get into the cinema.
The 7 Compound Tenses of llegar, the verb in Spanish for to arrive.
All compound tenses are composed of the conjugated auxiliary verb
haber and the past participle of llegar.
haber + llegado
| Present Perfect Tense - Perfecto de Indicativo | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| yo | he llegado | I | have arrived |
| tú | has llegado | you (inf.sing) | |
| él, ella ----- usted |
ha llegado | he, she, it ----- you (form.sing) |
|
| nosotros | hemos llegado | we | |
| vosotros | habéis llegado | you (inf.pl) | |
| ellos, ellas ustedes |
han llegado | they (m/f) you (form.pl) |
|
Example sentence of llegarse, Spanish for arrive, with the verb conjugated in the present perfect (perfecto de indicativo) tense:
Tú has llegado a tiempo todo el mes.
You arrived on time all month.
| Past Perfect Tense Pluscuamperfecto de Indicativo |
|||
|---|---|---|---|
| yo | había llegado | I | had arrived |
| tú | habías llegado | you (inf.sing) | |
| él, ella usted |
había llegado | he, she, it you (form.sing) |
|
| nosotros | habíamos llegado | we | |
| vosotros | habíais llegado | you (inf.pl) | |
| ellos, ellas ustedes |
habían llegado | they (m/f) you (form.pl) |
|
Example sentence of the verb llegar Spanish for arrive, conjugated in the past perfect (pluscuamperfecto de indicativo) tense:
Ella había llegado a la casa antes que yo.
She had arrived at home before me.
| Future Perfect Tense - Futuro Perfecto | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| yo | habré llegado | I | will have arrived |
| tú | habrás llegado | you (inf.sing) | |
| él, ella usted |
habrá llegado | he, she, it you (form.sing) |
|
| nosotros | habremos llegado | we | |
| vosotros | habréis llegado | you (inf.pl) | |
| ellos, ellas ustedes |
habrán llegado | they (m/f) you (form.pl) |
|
Example Spanish sentence of the verb llegar conjugated in the Future Perfect tense:
Habré llegado a Heathrow para las nueve de la mañana.
I will have arrived at Heathrow by nine in the morning.
| Conditional Perfect Tense - Potencial Compuesto | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| yo | habría llegado | I | would have arrived |
| tú | habrías llegado | you (inf.sing) | |
| él, ella usted |
habría llegado | he, she, it you (form.sing) |
|
| nosotros | habríamos llegado | we | |
| vosotros | habríais llegado | you (inf.pl) | |
| ellos, ellas ustedes |
habrían llegado | they (m/f) you (form.pl) |
|
Example Spanish sentence of the verb llegar conjugated in the Conditional Perfect:
Yo habría llegado a tiempo si no me hubieses parado a saludarme.
I would have arrived on time if you hadn’t stopped me to say hello.
| Preterit Perfect Tense Pretérito Perfecto or Anterior (used mostly in formal writing) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| yo | hube llegado | I | had arrived |
| tú | hubiste llegado | you (inf.sing) | |
| él, ella usted |
hubo llegado | he, she, it you (form.sing) |
|
| nosotros | hubimos llegado | we | |
| vosotros | hubisteis llegado | you (inf.pl) | |
| ellos, ellas ustedes |
hubieron llegado | they (m/f) you (form.pl) |
|
Example sentence of the verb llegar, the verb in Spanish for to arrive, conjugated in the Preterit Perfect Tense (Also known as pretérito anterior - past anterior):
Después de hubieron llegado al lugar, hablaron.
After they had arrived at the place, they talked.
| Present Perfect Subjunctive Tense Perfecto de Subjuntivo | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| yo | haya llegado | I | (may) have arrived |
| tú | hayas llegado | you (inf.sing) | |
| él, ella usted |
haya llegado | he, she, it you (form.sing) |
|
| nosotros | hayamos llegado | we | |
| vosotros | hayáis llegado | you (inf.pl) | |
| ellos, ellas ustedes |
hayan llegado | they (m/f) you (form.pl) |
|
Example Spanish sentence of the verb llegar conjugated in the Present Perfect Subjunctive Tense:
Es posible que yo haya llegado tarde algunas veces.
It’s possible that I (may have) arrived late sometimes.
| Pluperfect Subjunctive Tense -ra version - Pluscuamperfecto de Subjuntivo | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| yo | hubiera llegado | I | (may) had arrived |
| tú | hubieras llegado | you (inf.sing) | |
| él, ella usted |
hubiera llegado | he, she, it you (form.sing) |
|
| nosotros | hubiéramos llegado | we | |
| vosotros | hubierais llegado | you (inf.pl) | |
| ellos, ellas ustedes |
hubieran llegado | they (m/f) you (form.pl) |
|
Example Spanish sentence of the verb llegar conjugated in the Pluperfect Subjunctive Tense -ra version - Pluscuamperfecto de Subjuntivo:
Yo esperaba que (ellos) hubieran llegado a la fiesta.
I was hoping that they had come to the party.
| Pluperfect Subjunctive Tense -se version - Pluscuamperfecto de Subjuntivo | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| yo | hubiese llegado | I | (may) had arrived |
| tú | hubieses llegado | you (inf.sing) | |
| él, ella usted |
hubiese llegado | he, she, it you (form.sing) |
|
| nosotros | hubiésemos llegado | we | |
| vosotros | hubieseis llegado | you (inf.pl) | |
| ellos, ellas ustedes |
hubiesen llegado | they (m/f) you (form.pl) |
|
Example Spanish sentence of the verb llegar conjugated in the Pluperfect Subjunctive Tense -se version:
Yo esperaba que (ellos) hubiesen llegado a la fiesta.
I was hoping that they had come to the party.
| Imperative Imperativo |
Arrive! | Don't arrive! | |
|---|---|---|---|
| you (inf.sing) | tú | ¡llega! | ¡no llegues! |
| you (form.sing) | usted | ¡llegue! | ¡no llegue! |
| (Let) us | nosotros | ¡lleguemos! | ¡no lleguemos! |
| you (inf.pl) | vosotros | ¡llegad! | ¡no lleguéis! |
| you (form.pl) | ustedes | ¡lleguen! | ¡no lleguen! |
Notice: In Spanish, before a command/exclamation the Spanish upside down exclamation mark (¡) is required before it and a normal exclamation mark (!) following it.
¡No llegues tarde!
Don’t arrive late! (inf.sing)
Other notes to do with llegar, the verb for to arrive in Spanish:
llegar a - to reach
llegar a ser - to become
llegar a saber - to find out
llegar tarde - to arrive late
la llegada (f) - arrival
al llegar - upon arriving, upon arrival
llegar hasta - to go as far as, to go all the way (to)
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