The best magazine
Possible meanings of arriver
- to arrive
- to succeed (in life)
- (impersonal) to happen, occur
Expressions with arriver
arriver à
to reach, get to, attain, arrive at
arriver à + infinitive
to manage to / succeed in doing something
arriver à + time
to arrive at
arriver à + city or masculine country
to arrive at, get to
arriver à bon port
to arrive safe and sound
arriver à destination
to reach/arrive at one's destination
arriver à grands pas
to stride/walk quickly up
arriver à ses fins
to get one's way, achieve one's goals
arriver au port
to dock
(figurative)
to reach one's destination
arriver au pouvoir
to come to power
arriver comme mars en carême
to come/happen as sure as night follows day
arriver comme un cheveu sur la soupe
to turn up at a very awkward moment, to be completely irrelevant
arriver comme un chien dans un jeu de quilles
to turn up at the worst possible moment, when least wanted/needed
arriver de + city or country
to arrive from
arriver des ennuis à quelqu'un
to get into trouble
arriver en + feminine country
to arrive in, get to
arriver en courant
to run up
arriver en gare
to arrive at the train station
arriver en voiture
to arrive by car
arriver jusqu'à
to reach, get as far as, come/go up to
arriver le premier
to arrive/come in first
arriver par le train
to arrive by train
Allez, arrive !
(informal)
Hurry up! Come on!
Les Anglais sont arrivés (familiar)
Someone is menstruating
Ça m'arrive.
That happens to me at times.
Ce sont des choses qui arrivent.
These things happen.
Cela peut arriver à n'importe qui.
That could happen to anyone.
Cela ne m'arrivera plus !
That will never happen again!
comme il arrive souvent
as is often the case, as often happens
croire que c'est arrivé (informal)
to think one has made it / succeeded
en arriver à
to end up, come to
faire arriver
to make something/something happen, show up
Il arrive que + subjunctive
to sometimes happen
Il est arrivé un accident / un malheur.
There's been an accident / calamity.
Il faudra bien en arriver là.
It'll come to that eventually.
Il m'arrive de + infinitive
I sometimes...
J'arrive !
I'm coming! I'll be right there/back!
Je n'y arrive pas.
I can't do it.
J'y arrive
I'm coming/getting to that
ne pas arriver à + infinitive
to just not be able to
ne pas arriver à la cheville à quelqu'un
to not be able to hold a candle to
Le nouveau est arrivé
It's Beaujolais Nouveau Day
On arrive !
We're (almost) there!
On en arrive à se demander si...
It makes you wonder if...
On n'en est pas encore arrivé là !
We haven't gotten that far yet! It hasn't come to that yet!
quoi qu'il arrive
whatever happens
se croire arrivé
to think one has made it / succeeded
Tu ne sais pas ce qui m'arrive !
You'll never guess what happened to me!
Tu y arrives ?
How are you doing?
une arrivée
arrival, coming, appearance
(utilities) inlet, inflow
arrivées (airport)
Arrivals
à l'arrivée
at the finish, in the end
les premiers arrivés
first arrivals
Arriver conjugations
Source: ...