Llegué

Llegué is the first-person singular form of the Spanish verb llegar in the preterite tense, meaning “I arrived” or “I came.” It indicates a completed action in the past and is used to narrate events from the speaker’s perspective.

Llegar is an -ar verb. In the preterite tense, the yo form changes to llegué to preserve the hard g sound before the vowel e; the full set of preterite forms for llegar is: llegué, llegaste, llegó, llegamos, llegasteis, llegaron. The accent marks help indicate the correct stressed syllable in these past forms.

In usage, llegué commonly serves to situate a past moment of arrival or introduction within a narrative. It can describe physical arrival, arrival at a location, or figurative beginnings, depending on context.

The phrase has been used as a title or lyric in various Spanish-language works, reflecting themes of arrival, achievement, or epiphany. It is also encountered in everyday speech, as in examples like “Llegué a las ocho” (“I arrived at eight o’clock”) or “Llegué tarde a la reunión” (“I arrived late to the meeting”).

See also: llegar, preterite tense, Spanish verb conjugation.