Catalan

Verb

pegar ‎(first-person singular present pego, past participle pegat)

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

   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, to shove somebody

   Li va pegar una empenta

   He 'shoved her

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

   Va pegar un bot

   He jumped

5. (dialectal) to throw, to show sudden emotion.

   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

• (used with cop ‎(“knock”), empenta ‎(“shove”), etc.): donar
• (to shove): empènyer
• (used with bot ‎(“jump”), salt ‎(“jump”) etc.): donar, fer
• (to jump): saltar
• (to show sudden emotion) agafar
• (to hit one body with another): topar, xocar
• (to glue): enganxar, encolar

Conjugation

Usage notes

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).

Related terms

• pegar-se un toc a la barra

Indonesian

Noun

pegar

1. pheasant

Occitan

Etymology

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

Verb

pegar

1. to glue (attach using glue)

Synonyms

• empegar

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɨ.ˈɣaɾ/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pe.ˈɡa(ʁ)/

Verb

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

1. (transitive) to catch, to grab, to hold
2. (transitive) to catch (to discover someone doing something)
3. (transitive) to engage in a romantic and/or sexual relationship with someone for one night or some short period of time
4. (transitive, intransitive) to stick, to glue
5. (colloquial, intransitive) to catch on
6. (Brazil, transitive) to catch, to take (a transport)

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

Quotations

For usage examples of this term, see Citations:pegar.

Conjugation

Synonyms

• (to grab): agarrar
• (to stick): colar
• (to take a transport): apanhar, tomar

Related terms

• apegar

Spanish

Etymology

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

Verb

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

1. (intransitive) to stick
2. (transitive) to glue
3. (transitive) to hit

Conjugation

• Rule: g becomes a gu before e.

Related terms

• apegar
• apego
• despegar
• pega
• pegamento
• pegamiento
• pegado
• pegajoso
• pegar ojo