"Sei arrivato in fondo."
Translation:You have arrived at the bottom.
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"You have arrived to the end." is awkward English phrasing. When giving direction, saying "You have arrived at the end." is much more natural, and more correct.
. . . to/at the end = alla fine
. . . in fondo = to/at the bottom
Maybe it helps thinking that the person is in an elevator, a diving bell, a bathyscope . . . or of somebody that somehow really has hit the bottom.
You have arrived at the bottom would be considered obscene in the UK and parts of the US. Tsk-tsk.
Barron's Italian Dictionary states that the phrase "in fondo" means "after all". So could a possible translation of "Sei arrivato in fondo" be "You have arrived after all"? Thanks to any Italian speaker who can give me guidance!
The mean you propose is correct, but it is not normally used in Italy in this type of context.
A correct context could be "Non e' cosi cattivo in fondo" (He is not so bad after all)
In my opinion in this case the mean is "you are arrived to the bottom".
Sounds better to me! But then again, I'm not a native English speaker :)
Not quite. In Italian that's toccare il fondo. The English idiom can also mean that you've started to recover from the low point, in which case it's cominciare a riprendersi o a migliorare.
The recession has finally bottomed out = la recessione ha finalmente toccato il fondo. Sales have bottomed out = le vendite hanno cominciato a riprendersi.
Could be literal (They have funicule here, so getting to the bottom of it could be literal) or an idiom... or both.
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"nel fondo" literally translate to "in the end". In this question "Sei arrivato nel fondo " translates to "You arrived in the end (eventually).
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Is this talking about the standings in a race? Or a disgruntled child pointing out that their parent was so late to the school play they missed it entirely?
This sentence could be used if you finished a long race, not about the standing of the race.
Or if you dig in a barrel and you find the bottom.
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Could it be translated as the Eng. idiom, "You have reached the end" (of the rope...)?
"Come" is now rejected.
Some uses of "arrivare" accept "come", some don't. Duo should either make everything consistent, or explain why not in the discussion.
"In fondo siamo stati insieme" says in the song "non ti scordar".. In fondo can definitely be used as an idiom meaning -in the end
You have arrived at the bottom makes no sense in English unless it is referring to, say, riding an elevator, or hiking down a mountain. You have arrived at last would be a much more common general phrase in conversation. If that is NOT what this means in Italian, then how would you say THAT in Italian, as that seems a more useful phrase to know.
Sei finalmente arrivato/a. Usually, finalmente = at last and infine = finally/in the end, which seem to be the wrong pairings, but aren't.
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In American English people often say "you have reached the bottom." Some people say "you have bottomed out."
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In American English people say "you have reached the bottom" or "you have bottomed out." Both are used.
I put "You arrived at the end" and was accepted. Maybe you arrived at the end of the play and missed it?
l'ultimo = the last
in fondo = at the bottom
profondo= deep
You have arrived last = Sei arrivato ultimo
You came in last ~ Sei arrivato per ultimo
I assume the Italian means something like "You have got to the bottom of it" ie you have examined the matter exhaustively. But doubtless DL does not accept this.
Sei arrivato = you have arrived
in fondo = to bottom/end
You have arrived to bottom
~ You have arrived at (the) bottom (floor)
Something you might hear in an elevator
In fodo al lago - At the bottom of the lake.
In fondo alla strada - At the end of the street
In fondo alla corridoio - At the end of the corridor
Yes, I understand that that is the literal meaning. But wouldn't it more often be used somewhat metaphorically? I see that Word Reference gives andare in fondo = "to get to the bottom of something, to explore something in depth". It's not too much of a stretch to imagine that arrivare in fondo could have this sense too (though admittedly Word Reference does not give this interpretation of the latter, sticking with the literal sense).
https://www.wordreference.com/iten/fondo
All a bit freewheelingly conjectural unless and until a native speaker shows up!