llegaste

Llegaste is the second-person singular form of the Spanish verb llegar in the preterite (pretérito simple). It means “you arrived” and is used with the informal subject pronoun tú to describe a completed action in the past.

Llegar is a regular -ar verb, and in the preterite its forms include yo llegué, tú llegaste, él/ella/Ud. llegó, nosotros llegamos, vosotros llegasteis, ellos/ellas/Uds. llegaron. The tú form llegaste uses the standard preterite ending for -ar verbs and does not carry a written accent, unlike the yo form llegué or the él/ella form llegó.

Usage of llegaste appears in narratives and everyday speech when referring to a past arrival by the person addressed. It can be used with time or place markers, such as temprano, tarde, o a la hora prevista, to specify when the arrival occurred. It is common in both spoken Spanish and written text, particularly in dialogues and reports about past events.

Related forms and cognates: the verb llegar is part of the Romance language family, with cognates in other languages, such as Portuguese chegar and Italian arrivare. The meaning remains related to arrival or reaching a destination. In Spanish, other tenses and moods of llegar provide additional ways to express arrival across time and aspect.