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pega

pega

See also: pegá and pegà

Asturian

Noun

pega f (plural pegues)

  1. magpie (bird of genus Pica)

Catalan

Verb

pega

  1. third-person singular present indicative form of pegar
  2. second-person singular imperative form of pegar

Occitan

Noun

pega f (plural pegas)

  1. glue (adhesive substance)

Derived terms


Portuguese

Pega (Pica pica)

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈpe.ɣɐ/
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈpe.ɡɐ/
  • Hyphenation: pe‧ga

Noun

pega f (plural pegas)

  1. common magpie (Pica pica)
  2. a prating woman, a female gossiper
  3. (Portugal, offensive) **** (a sexually promiscuous woman or girl)

Etymology 2

Back-formation from pegar.

Pronunciation

  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈpɛ.ɣɐ/
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈpɛ.ɡɐ/
  • Hyphenation: pe‧ga

Noun

pega f (plural pegas)

  1. handle
  2. (bullfighting) the final event in a typical Portuguese bullfight, involving eight forcados who challenge the bull with their bare hands

Noun

pega f (Portugal) or m (Brazil) (plural pegas)

  1. fight, quarrel

Etymology 3

From Latin pedica.

Pronunciation

  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈpɛ.ɣɐ/
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈpɛ.ɡɐ/
  • Hyphenation: pe‧ga

Noun

pega f (plural pegas)

  1. Alternative form of peia

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈpɛ.ɣɐ/
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈpɛ.ɡɐ/
  • Hyphenation: pe‧ga

Verb

pega

  1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of pegar
  2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of pegar

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *pěga (freckle).

Noun

pȅga f (Cyrillic spelling пе̏га)

  1. freckle

Declension


Spanish

Noun

pega f (plural pegas)

  1. (colloquial, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru) work
  2. glue
  3. gluing
  4. obstacle

Synonyms

Verb

pega

  1. Informal second-person singular () affirmative imperative form of pegar.
  2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of pegar.
  3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of pegar.