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alcanzar (conjugate⇒) verbo transitivo

1. ‹persona› (llegar a la altura de) to catch up with, to catch … up (BrE);
  (pillar, agarrar) to catch;
  lo alcancé en la curva I caught up with him on the bend;
  ¡a que no me alcanzas! I bet you can't catch me! (colloq)
1. (en tarea, estatura) to catch up with

(llegar a) ‹lugar› to reach, get to;
‹temperatura/nivel/edad› to reach;
casi no alcanzo el tren I almost missed the train;
estos árboles alcanzan una gran altura these trees can reach o grow to a great height;
~ la mayoría de edad to come of age

(conseguir, obtener) ‹objetivo/éxito› to achieve;
‹acuerdo› to reach

(acercar, pasar) ~le algo a algn to pass sb sth, to pass sth to sb

verbo intransitivo

(llegar con la mano) to reach;
hasta donde alcanzaba la vista as far as the eye could see;
~ a hacer algo to manage to do sth

(ser suficiente) [comida/provisones] to be enough;
el sueldo no le alcanza he can't manage on his salary

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alcanzar
I verbo transitivo
1 to reach
2 (coger a una persona) to catch up with
3 (llegar hasta una cantidad) to be up to: su biblioteca alcanza los tres mil ejemplares, his library is up to three thousand volumes
4 (acercar algo) to pass: alcánzame una silla, pass me a chair
5 (lograr) to attain, achieve
II vi (ser suficiente) to be sufficient: ese dinero no alcanza para un piso, this money isn't enough to buy a flat

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Spanish:

atinar - cobrar - conseguir - llegar - situarse - alargar - caza - cumplir - dar

English:

achieve - arm-twisting - attain - authoritarian - blossom - catch up - come up to - get at - last - means - reach - rise - short - strike - catch - come - command - do - eke out - elusive - fulfill - glimpse - hit - level - manageable - see - stretch - strive

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