pega

Meaning

Frequency

B1
Hyphenated as
pe‧ga
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈpe.ɡɐ/
Etymology

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

New
pego

New
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

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