pego

Meaning

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

Concepts

Frequency

C1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈpe.ɡu/
Etymology

In summary

From pega, from Latin pica.

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