pega

(Engels)

pego

pegar

  1. (transitive) to catch
  2. (Brazil, transitive) to catch
  3. (intransitive) to pick up
  4. (Brazil, reflexive, slang, transitive) to engage in a romantic and/or sexual relationship with someone for one night or some short period of time
  5. (Brazil, colloquial, reflexive, transitive) to fight, to beat up, to engage in a physical conflict
  6. (intransitive, transitive) to stick, to glue
  7. (colloquial, intransitive) to catch on
  8. (Brazil, transitive) to catch, to take (a transport)
  9. (intransitive) to start an engine, vehicle
  10. (reflexive) to catch a disease
  11. (impersonal, reflexive) to be contagious (of a disease)
  12. (intransitive) to catch, take root

Frekwensie

B1
Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/ˈpe.ɡɐ/
Etimologie (Engels)

In summary

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese *pega, from Vulgar Latin peca, from Latin pīca (“magpie”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)peyk- (“woodpecker; magpie”).

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