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"Reach" is a noun which is often translated as "el alcance", and "reach out" is an intransitive verb phrase which is often translated as "extender la mano". Learn more about the difference between "reach" and "reach out" below.
reach(
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)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
1. (range)
a. el alcance (M)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
Can you pass me the key? - I can't get it; it's out of my reach.¿Puedes pasarme la llave? - No llego; está fuera de mi alcance.
2. (stretch)
a. el tramo (M)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
He went walking with his dog through a beautiful reach of moorland.Se fue caminando con su perro por un tramo hermoso del páramo.
a. la comprensión (F)
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
The principles of astrophysics are quite out of my reach.Los principios de la astrofísica están fuera de mi comprensión.
A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g., I bought a book.).
4. (to touch)
5. (to contact)
a. contactar
Have you tried to reach your grandfather by phone?¿Has intentado contactar a tu abuelo por teléfono?
b. ponerse en contacto con
I called my cousin many times to ask how she was, but I couldn't reach her.Llamé a mi prima muchas veces para ver cómo estaba, pero no conseguí ponerme en contacto con ella.
a. llegar a
We had to drive quickly to reach the campsite before it got dark.Tuvimos que conducir rápido para llegar al camping antes de que anocheciera.
7. (to get to)
8. (to affect)
a. llegar a
This message has reached thousands of listeners.Este mensaje ha llegado a miles de radioyentes.
10. (colloquial) (to pass)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g., The man sneezed.).
11. (to spread)
a. extenderse a
The spread of war has reached the south.La influencia de la guerra se ha extendido al sur.
13. (to extend to)
reach out(
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)An intransitive verb phrase is a phrase that combines a verb with a preposition or other particle and does not require a direct object (e.g., Everybody please stand up.).
a. extender la mano
Reach out and grab a stronger branch so you don't fall out of the tree.Extiende la mano y agarra una rama más fuerte para no caerte del árbol.
b. alargar la mano
The special effects were so realistic that we thought the people in the film would reach out and touch us.Los efectos especiales fueron tan realistas que pensamos que la gente de la película alargaría la mano y nos tocaría.
a. llegar
The missionaries traveled around the world to reach out to impoverished communities.Los misioneros viajaron por todo el mundo para llegar a las comunidades empobrecidas.
b. contactar
Maria reached out to her professors to thank them for their letters of recommendation.María contactó a sus profesores para agradecerles por sus cartas de recomendación.
A transitive verb phrase is a phrase that combines a verb with a preposition or other particle and requires a direct object (e.g., take out the trash.).
3. (to extend)
a. alargar
The two men reached out their hands to greet each other.Los dos hombres alargaron las manos para saludarse.
b. extender
We decided to reach out a hand and help our neighbors, whose house burnt down in a fire.Decidimos extender la mano y en ayudar a nuestros vecinos cuya casa se quemó en un incendio.
