pega
pegar
- (intransitive) to stick
- (intransitive) to match; to fit; to go with
- (intransitive) to be strong (of food and drink)
- (transitive) to paste
- (transitive) to glue
- (transitive) to hit; strike
- (transitive) to give; dish out (a strike)
- (transitive) to infect; pass on; infect (a disease)
- (informal, transitive) to do; take; have (a kind of catch-all verb for various actions)
- (colloquial) to flirt, hit on
- (intransitive, reflexive) to stick, to become attached, to adhere
- (intransitive, reflexive) to take root
Frequency
Hyphenated as
pe‧ga
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈpeɡa/
Etymology
In summary
Inherited from Vulgar Latin peca, from Latin pīca (“magpie”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)peyk- (“woodpecker; magpie”).
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