arriver
French → English
(destination) To arrive: to reach a place at the end of a journey or trip
Le train en provenance de Paris devrait arriver en gare à dix heures.
(English) The train from Paris should arrive at the station at ten o'clock.
Nous sommes arrivés à l'hôtel juste avant le coucher du soleil.
(English) We arrived at the hotel just before sunset.
(occurrence) To happen: to take place or occur, often unexpectedly
Il est arrivé un accident grave sur l'autoroute ce matin.
(English) A serious accident happened on the highway this morning.
Je ne comprends pas comment cela a pu arriver malgré toutes les précautions.
(English) I don't understand how that could happen despite all the precautions.
Entry ID: fr:en:arriver · Source: refined · Type: vocabulary