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conseguir — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • achieve verb To succeed in doing or reaching something, usually after effort.
  • attain verb To succeed in reaching or achieving something through effort.
  • do verb To perform or carry out an action or task.
  • enlist verb To join the armed forces voluntarily.
  • gain verb To get or come to have something, especially something useful or valuable.
  • get verb To come to have or receive something; to obtain.
  • manage verb To be in charge of running something, such as a business, team, or project.
  • reach verb To stretch out an arm or hand toward something in order to touch or grasp it.
  • secure adj Protected from danger, harm, or loss.
  • succeed verb To achieve a desired goal or outcome.

Senses

conseguir is used for these senses in English:

  • achieve (transitive) To carry out successfully; to accomplish. [from 14th c.]
  • achieve (transitive) To obtain, or gain (a desired result, objective etc.), as the result of exertion; to succeed in gaining; to win. [from 14th c.]
  • attain (transitive) To reach or come to, by progression or motion; to arrive at (a place, time, state, etc.).
  • come up with (idiomatic) To manage to produce, deliver, or present (something) by inventing, creating, thinking of, or obtaining it.
  • do (transitive) To perform; to execute.
  • enlist (transitive) To secure; to obtain.
  • gain (transitive) To acquire possession of.
  • get (archaic) To learn; to commit to memory; to memorize; sometimes with out.

achieve — full definition

  1. verb To succeed in doing or reaching something, usually after effort.
  2. verb To do well, especially in school or in a career.

attain — full definition

  1. verb To succeed in reaching or achieving something through effort.
  2. noun Something reached or achieved; an accomplishment. (Rare use; usually replaced by "attainment.")

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