pegar

Meaning

(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

provoke a fight

give a smack

sew on

dar en

dar con

Frequency

Hyphenated as

pe‧gar

Pronounced as (IPA)

/peˈɡaɾ/

Inherited from Latin

pico

Cognate with English

pitch

In summary

Inherited from Latin picāre (“smear with pitch”), derived from pix (“pitch”). Compare English pitch.

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