pego

From pega, from Latin pica.

Nou

(transitive) to catch
(Brazil,transitive) to catch
(intransitive) to pick up
(Brazil,reflexive,slang,transitive) to engage in a romantic and/or sexual relationship with someone for one night or some short period of time
(Brazil,colloquial,reflexive,transitive) to fight, to beat up, to engage in a physical conflict
(intransitive,transitive) to stick, to glue
(colloquial,intransitive) to catch on
(Brazil,transitive) to catch, to take (a transport)
(intransitive) to start an engine, vehicle
(reflexive) to catch a disease
(impersonal,reflexive) to be contagious (of a disease)
(intransitive) to catch, take root