parvenir
manage to, succeed in reaching
verb par-vuh-NEER Less Common
Origin: Latin pervenire
Also means
arrive at
Usage Note
Parvenir is followed by à + infinitive to mean 'to manage to do something' — il est parvenu à ouvrir la porte means 'he managed to open the door.' It also means physically reaching a place: parvenir à destination. The noun form is parvenu, meaning an upstart.
Examples
"Elle est parvenue à résoudre le problème."
Natural Translation
She managed to solve the problem.
Literal Translation
She arrived at solving the problem.
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