raggiungere
to reach
verb rahj-JOON-jeh-reh Common
Origin: Latin re- + adjungere (to join to)
Also means
to achieve
Usage Note
Raggiungere is irregular: past participle raggiunto. Conjugated with avere. It means both physically reaching a place (raggiungere la vetta, to reach the summit) and achieving a goal (raggiungere un accordo, to reach an agreement). Note the -gg- before i produces a 'j' sound: the word begins rahj-JOON-.
Examples
"Abbiamo raggiunto un accordo importante."
Natural Translation
We reached an important agreement.
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