to arrive late
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1.3
- phrasal verb
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llegar tarde
- She arrived late for these games and missed the opening ceremony entirely.
- an employee arrived late
Yesterday when Bea arrived late, she looked at me and said quote you look like shit.
- Yesterday when Bea arrived late, she looked at me and said quote you look like shit.
- In these fraud cycles, law enforcement always arrives late and new regulations are put in place after the event.
- And then Bono arrived late and it was just obvious within a few minutes that he was not going to be carrying amps.
Examples
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Taxis are rare, and this hurts businesses whose employees now arrive late to work.
Academic text (1998) -
Relax, it's probably just someone arriving late.
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And if you had arrived later, you would never have seen him.
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A team took six months to identify why the documents arrived late and another three to come up with a solution.
Academic text (1993) -
I'm sorry I arrived late.
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Other student group leaders had arrived late and were wearing shorts.
Blog text (32) -
Actually, I arrived late.
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She arrived late and didn't realize we were here.
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To arrive late and with such a clamour for attention would indicate deep insecurity and fear of rejection.
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She arrived late for the meeting and missed the important announcements.
Synonyms
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2.2
To arrive later than planned or expected
Arrive somewhere later than expected, often by accident
How Late
∞
1.0
9
1.3
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'to reach a place after the expected time' is directly derivable from combining 'arrive' (reach a destination) with 'late' (after the expected time). This is a transparent, compositional verb + adverb pattern that is cross-linguistically common and readily understood by B1 learners who know both words.
Etymology
The phrase arrive late comes from the simple image of someone rushing to a meeting or event but who arrives late and misses the start. That's why it means 'to reach a place after the expected time'.