Pronúncia: əriβá
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verb intransitiu
- to arrive, come.
- arribar a to arrive (at \ in), get to, reach.
- vam arribar arribar a casa seva massa tard we got to their house too late.
- arribar a un lloc to reach a place.
- van arribar (aquí \ allà \ casa) they got (here \ there \ home), get to, reach.
- ara arriben here they come.
- [abast, extensió] to reach.
- va arribar corrents he came running up.
- to be enough.
- [d’una quantitat, etc.] to amount to, equal, be equal to.
- l’aigua arribava fins al balcó de les cases the water reached the balcony of the houses.
- no ens arribaran els diners we won’t have enough money.
- fer arribar els diners to make one’s money last out, eke out one’s money.
- el malalt no arribarà al dilluns the patient won’t (last out \ live) till Monday.
- [esdevenir-se] to happen, occur.
- arribi el que arribi come what may.
- arribar a + infinitiu, to reach the point of + gerundi.
- (ídem) to manage to + infinitiu, succeed in + gerundi.
- arribar a saber alguna cosa to find something out.
- (ídem) to get wind of something.
- si ho arribo a saber...! if I had known it...!
- arribar a ser president to become the president. verb pronominal
- to go (to a nearby place).