pegado

Meaning

pegar

  1. (intransitive) to stick
  2. (intransitive) to match; to fit; to go with
  3. (intransitive) to be strong (of food and drink)
  4. (transitive) to paste
  5. (transitive) to glue
  6. (transitive) to hit; strike
  7. (transitive) to give; dish out (a strike)
  8. (transitive) to infect; pass on; infect (a disease)
  9. (informal, transitive) to do; take; have (a kind of catch-all verb for various actions)
  10. (colloquial) to flirt, hit on
  11. (intransitive, reflexive) to stick, to become attached, to adhere
  12. (intransitive, reflexive) to take root

Frequency

C1
Hyphenated as
pe‧ga‧do
Pronounced as (IPA)
/peˈɡado/
Etymology

In summary

Compare English pitched (“smeared or covered with pitch”).

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