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El verbo to achieve /tʊ əˈtʃiv/ puede traducirse como lograr, alcanzar o conseguir. Normalmente comunica que una persona obtiene un resultado importante después de dedicar tiempo o esfuerzo.

  • Podemos alcanzar una meta. Por ejemplo, "She achieved her goal" puede traducirse como "Ella logró su meta" o "Ella alcanzó su meta".
  • Podemos obtener buenos resultados. Por ejemplo, "The team achieved excellent results" significa "El equipo logró excelentes resultados".
  • También podemos alcanzar el éxito o cierto nivel. Por ejemplo, "He achieved success through hard work" significa "Él alcanzó el éxito mediante el trabajo duro".

Achieve normalmente va seguido de un sustantivo: achieve a goal, achieve success o achieve good results. No decimos "achieve to pass the exam". Para expresar "lograr aprobar el examen", podemos decir "manage to pass the exam" o "achieve the goal of passing the exam".

Achieve, reach y accomplish pueden tener significados relacionados. Usamos achieve con metas, éxito y resultados; reach con destinos, niveles y también metas; y accomplish con tareas, planes o misiones que completamos.

Presta atención a estas formas: achieves se pronuncia /əˈtʃivz/. Achieved se pronuncia /əˈtʃivd/; la terminación -ed produce el sonido /d/ después del sonido sonoro /v/. Para formar achieving, eliminamos la e final de achieve antes de añadir -ing.

Simple Tense

Simple Present Tense

Pers. Singular Plural
1ª I achieve We achieve
2ª You achieve You achieve
3ª He/She/It achieves They achieve

Achieve: /əˈtʃiv/, achieves: /əˈtʃivz/

Simple Past Tense

Pers. Singular Plural
1ª I achieved We achieved
2ª You achieved You achieved
3ª He/She/It achieved They achieved

Achieved: /əˈtʃivd/

Simple Future Tense

Pers. Singular Plural
1ª I will achieve We will achieve
2ª You will achieve You will achieve
3ª He/She/It will achieve They will achieve

Will achieve: /wɪl əˈtʃiv/

Continuous Tense

Present Continuous Tense

Pers. Singular Plural
1ª I am achieving We are achieving
2ª You are achieving You are achieving
3ª He/She/It is achieving They are achieving

Achieving: /əˈtʃi.vɪŋ/

Past Continuous Tense

Pers. Singular Plural
1ª I was achieving We were achieving
2ª You were achieving You were achieving
3ª He/She/It was achieving They were achieving

Was achieving: /wəz əˈtʃi.vɪŋ/, Were achieving: /wɜr əˈtʃi.vɪŋ/

Future Continuous Tense

Pers. Singular Plural
1ª I will be achieving We will be achieving
2ª You will be achieving You will be achieving
3ª He/She/It will be achieving They will be achieving

Will be achieving: /wɪl bi əˈtʃi.vɪŋ/

Perfect Tense

Present Perfect Tense

Pers. Singular Plural
1ª I have achieved We have achieved
2ª You have achieved You have achieved
3ª He/She/It has achieved They have achieved

Have achieved: /hæv əˈtʃivd/, Has achieved: /hæz əˈtʃivd/

Past Perfect Tense

Pers. Singular Plural
1ª I had achieved We had achieved
2ª You had achieved You had achieved
3ª He/She/It had achieved They had achieved

Had achieved: /hæd əˈtʃivd/

Future Perfect Tense

Pers. Singular Plural
1ª I will have achieved We will have achieved
2ª You will have achieved You will have achieved
3ª He/She/It will have achieved They will have achieved

Will have achieved: /wɪl hæv əˈtʃivd/