pegar

Inherited from Latin picāre (“smear with pitch”).

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [pəˈɣa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [peˈɣaɾ]
• Homophone: pagar

pegar (first-person singular present pego, first-person singular preterite peguí, past participle pegat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencian, Balearic) /e/

1. to hit somebody (in order to harm)

   Per què li pegueu a aquest noi? ― Why are you hitting this boy?

2. (dialectal) to hit one body with another

   Synonyms: topar, xocar

   Vaig pegar de cap a la paret ― I hit my head against the wall

3. (dialectal, used with cop (“knock”), empenta (“shove”), etc.) to knock, shove somebody

   Synonyms: (with cop, empenta) donar, empènyer

   Li va pegar una empenta ― He shoved her

4. (dialectal, used with bot (“jump”), salt (“jump”) etc.) to jump

   Synonyms: (with bot, salt) donar, (with bot, salt) fer, saltar

   Va pegar un bot ― He jumped

5. (dialectal) to throw, show sudden emotion

   Synonym: agafar

   Li va pegar una rabinadura al mig de la plaça ― He threw a tantrum in the middle of the square

6. (dialectal) to glue

   Synonyms: enganxar, encolar

• Words like "to jump", "to shove", "to knock" can be expressed in two ways. The first is with simple verbs (saltar, empènyer, pegar). The second is to use the construction with a verb roughly meaning "to make" plus indefinite article plus substantive (fer un salt / donar un salt / pegar un salt, donar una empenta / pegar una empenta, donar un cop / pegar un cop).

• “pegar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “pegar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “pegar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “pegar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

• apegar

From Old Galician-Portuguese pegar (att. 14th c.), from Latin picāre (“smear with pitch”).

• IPA^(key): /peˈɣaɾ/

pegar (first-person singular present pego, first-person singular preterite peguei, past participle pegado)

1. (transitive) to glue

   Synonym: colar

2. (transitive) to adhere

   Synonym: adherir

3. (transitive) to fix in place; to hold, steady

   Synonym: fixar

4. (transitive) to hold, steady

   Synonym: termar

5. (transitive) to join, splice

   Synonyms: unir, xuntar

6. (transitive) to hit, blow

   Synonyms: golpear, zoupar

7. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to come closer; to stick

   Synonym: achegar

8. (transitive) to infect; pass on; infect (a disease)

   Synonym: contaxiar

9. (transitive, informal) to do; take; have (a kind of catch-all verb for various actions)

   Synonym: dar

• “pegar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “peg” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “pegar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “pegar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “pegar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

pegar (first-person possessive pegarku, second-person possessive pegarmu, third-person possessive pegarnya)

1. pheasant

pegar (plural pegar-pegar, informal 1st possessive pegarku, 2nd possessive pegarmu, 3rd possessive pegarnya)

1. pheasant

From Latin picāre (“smear with pitch”).

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pegar

1. to glue (attach using glue)

   Synonym: empegar

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

• (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɛˈɡa(h)/
• (Rural Central Brazil) IPA^(key): /piˈɡa(ɹ)/
• Hyphenation: pe‧gar

pegar (first-person singular present pego, first-person singular preterite peguei, past participle pegado, short past participle pego)

1. (transitive) to catch
   1. to grab, hold

      Synonym: agarrar

   2. (Brazil) to discover someone doing something
2. (transitive with em) to touch
3. (Brazil, slang, transitive, reflexive) to engage in a romantic and/or sexual relationship with someone for one night or some short period of time
4. (colloquial, transitive, reflexive) to fight, to beat up, to engage in a physical conflict

   Eu vou te pegar na porrada!

   I'm going to beat you up!

5. (transitive, intransitive) to stick, to glue
   • Fernando Tordo (lyrics and music) (1973) “Tourada”, (in Portuguese): “E só ficam os peões de brega / Cuja profissão não pega ― And only the peões de brega are left / whose profession doesn't stick”

   Synonym: colar

6. (colloquial, intransitive) to catch on
7. (Brazil, transitive) to catch, to take (a transport)

   Vamos pegar um ônibus. ― Let's take a bus.

   Synonyms: apanhar, tomar

The short past participle form pego is mostly used in Brazilian Portuguese.

For quotations using this term, see Citations:pegar.

• apegar

• “pegar” in iDicionário Aulete.
• “pegar” in Dicionário inFormal.
• “pegar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “pegar” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
• “pegar” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
• “pegar” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

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

• IPA^(key): /peˈɡaɾ/ [peˈɣ̞aɾ]

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: pe‧gar

pegar (first-person singular present pego, first-person singular preterite pegué, past participle pegado)

1. (intransitive) to stick

   No pega a la pared

   It doesn't stick to the wall.

2. (intransitive) to match; to fit; to go with

   La mesa no pega con la silla.

   The table doesn't go with the chair.

3. (intransitive) to be strong (of food and drink)

   Hoy pega mucho el sol.

   The sun is hot/strong/blazing down today.

4. (computing, transitive) to paste

   copia y pega ― copy and paste

5. (transitive) to glue

   Pégalo con el pegamento

   Glue it with the glue

6. (transitive) to hit; strike

   pega el balón ― hit the ball

7. (transitive) to give; dish out (a strike)

   ¡Te voy a pegar un manotazo!

   I'm gonna give you a slap!

8. (transitive) to infect; pass on; infect (a disease)

   Creo que me pegó la sífilis.

   I think he gave me syphilis.

9. (transitive, informal) to do; take; have (a kind of catch-all verb for various actions)

   Synonym: dar

   Voy a pegarme una ducha.

   I'm going to take a shower.

   Aquí falta pegar una buena limpieza.

   This place needs (to have) a good clean-up.

   Pegamos una buena comida.

   We had an awesome lunch

   Acaba de pegar otro grito.

   She's just let out another shout

   ¡No te pegues otra borrachera!

   Don't get smashed again!

   pegar un tiro; pegarse un tiro ― to shoot; to shoot oneself

10. (colloquial) to flirt, hit on

    Synonyms: coquetear, flirtear, pinchar

11. (reflexive) (intransitive) to stick, to become attached, to adhere
12. (reflexive) (intransitive) to take root

• “pegar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014