Llego

Llego is the first-person singular present indicative form of the Spanish verb llegar, meaning to arrive or to reach. It is used to express that the speaker arrives at a place, reaches a destination, or attains a result. The verb is common across Spanish-speaking regions and can be used both literally for physical movement and metaphorically, such as reaching a conclusion.

Etymology and morphology: llegar derives from Old Spanish and the exact historical development is not always stated clearly in concise references. In everyday speech, llegar behaves as a regular -ar verb in most tenses, with a notable spelling change in the preterite yo form to preserve the hard g before e: llegué. Other present tense forms are llegas, llega, llegamos, llegáis, llegan.

Conjugation snapshot: present: llego, llegas, llega, llegamos, llegáis, llegan; preterite: llegué, llegaste, llegó, llegamos, llegasteis, llegaron; imperfect: llegaba, llegabas, llegaba, llegábamos, llegabais, llegaban; future: llegaré, llegarás, llegará, llegaremos, llegaréis, llegarán. The perfect tenses use haber + llegado, as in he llegado, has llegado, ha llegado, hemos llegado, habéis llegado, han llegado.

Usage notes: common constructions include “llego a [lugar]” (I arrive at [place]), or “llegar a [infinitive]” to indicate reaching or achieving something, as in "llegar a ser" (to come to be). In phrases such as “llegó tarde,” the word is used with simple past meaning. The verb also appears in idiomatic expressions and can combine with adverbs or prepositional phrases to convey timing, expectation, or progression.