# pegar
## Catalan
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [pəˈɣa]
* IPA: (Valencia) [peˈɣaɾ]
* Homophone: pagar

### Verb

pegar (first-person singular present pego, first-person singular preterite peguí, past participle pegat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencia, Balearic) /e/
* (intransitive) to hit (in order to harm) [with a ‘someone’]
    Per què li pegueu a aquest noi? ― Why are you hitting this boy?
* (intransitive, dialectal) to hit [with de ‘something’ and a ‘against something else’]
    Synonyms: topar, xocar
    Vaig pegar de cap a la paret ― I hit my head against the wall
* (transitive, dialectal) to give (someone) [with cop ‘knock’, empenta ‘shove’, etc.]
    Synonyms: donar un cop, donar una empenta, empènyer
    Li va pegar una empenta ― He shoved her
* (transitive, dialectal) to make [with bot ‘jump’, salt ‘jump’, etc.]
    Synonyms: donar un bot/salt, fer un bot/salt, saltar
    Va pegar un bot ― He jumped
* (transitive, dialectal) to throw [with rabinadura ‘tantrum’, etc.]; to 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
* (dialectal) to glue
    Synonyms: enganxar, encolar

#### 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

* apegar
* pega
* pegar-se un toc a la barra

### Further reading

* “pegar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “pegar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “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.

## Galician
### Alternative forms

* apegar

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /peˈɣaɾ/

### Verb

pegar (first-person singular present pego, first-person singular preterite peguei, past participle pegado)
* (transitive) to glue
    Synonym: colar
* (transitive) to adhere
    Synonym: adherir
* (transitive) to fix in place; to hold, steady
    Synonym: fixar
* (transitive) to hold, steady
    Synonym: termar
* (transitive) to join, splice
    Synonyms: unir, xuntar
* (transitive) to hit, blow
    Synonyms: golpear, zoupar
* (pronominal) to come closer; to stick
    Synonym: achegar
* (transitive) to infect; pass on; infect (a disease)
    Synonym: contaxiar
* (transitive, informal) to do; take; have (a kind of catch-all verb for various actions)
    Synonym: dar

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

#### Related terms

* pegamazo
* pegamento

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “pegar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “peg”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “pegar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “pegar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “pegar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Indonesian
### Noun

pegar (plural pegar-pegar)
* pheasant
    Synonym: kuau

## Malay
### Noun

pegar (plural pegar-pegar, informal 1st possessive pegarku, 2nd possessive pegarmu, 3rd possessive pegarnya)
* pheasant
    Synonyms: kuau, kuang

## Occitan
### Etymology

From Latin picāre (“smear with pitch”).

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Verb

pegar
* to glue (attach using glue)
    Synonym: empegar

#### Conjugation
## Portuguese
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /peˈɡa(ʁ)/ [peˈɡa(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /peˈɡa(ʁ)/ [peˈɡa(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /peˈɡa(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /peˈɡa(ʁ)/ [peˈɡa(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /peˈɡa(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /pɨˈɡaɾ/ [pɨˈɣaɾ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /pɨˈɡaɾ/ [pɨˈɣaɾ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /pɨˈɡa.ɾi/ [pɨˈɣa.ɾi]
* (Northeast Brazil) IPA: /pɛˈɡa(h)/
* (Rural Central Brazil) IPA: /piˈɡa(ɹ)/
* Hyphenation: pe‧gar

### Verb

pegar (first-person singular present pego, first-person singular preterite peguei, past participle pegado, short past participle pego)
* (transitive) to catch
** to grab, hold
    Synonym: agarrar
** (Brazil) to discover someone doing something
* (intransitive) to pick up [with em]
* (Brazil, slang, transitive, reflexive) to engage in a romantic and/or sexual relationship with someone for one night or some short period of time
* (Brazil, 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!
* (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
* (colloquial, intransitive) to catch on
* (Brazil, transitive) to catch, to take (a transport)
    Vamos pegar um ônibus. ― Let's take a bus.
    Synonyms: apanhar, tomar
* (intransitive) to start an engine, vehicle
    O carro não pega! ― The car won't start!
* (reflexive) to catch a disease
    Tu pegaste-me COVID! ― I caught COVID from you!
* (reflexive, impersonal) to be contagious (of a disease)
    Isso pega-se? ― Is that contagious?
* (intransitive, agriculture) to catch, take root

#### Usage notes

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

#### Conjugation

$^1$Usually used with auxiliary verbs ser and estar. $^2$Usually used with auxiliary verbs haver and ter. $^3$Brazilian Portuguese. $^4$European Portuguese.

#### Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:pegar.

#### Related terms

* apegar

#### Descendants

* Macanese: pegâ

### Further reading

* “pegar”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
* “pegar”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
* “pegar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
* “pegar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* “pegar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “pegar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /peˈɡaɾ/ [peˈɣ̞aɾ]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: pe‧gar

### Verb

pegar (first-person singular present pego, first-person singular preterite pegué, past participle pegado)
* (intransitive) to stick
    No pega a la paredIt doesn't stick to the wall.
* (intransitive) to match; to fit; to go with
    La mesa no pega con la silla.The table doesn't go with the chair.
* (intransitive) to be strong (of food and drink)
    Hoy pega mucho el sol.The sun is hot/strong/blazing down today.
* (computing, transitive) to paste
    copia y pega ― copy and paste
* (transitive) to glue
    Pégalo con el pegamentoGlue it with the glue
* (transitive) to hit; strike
    pega el balón ― hit the ball
* (transitive) to give; dish out (a strike)
    ¡Te voy a pegar un manotazo!I'm gonna give you a slap!
* (transitive) to infect; pass on; infect (a disease)
    Creo que me pegó la sífilis.I think he gave me syphilis.
* (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
* (colloquial) to flirt, hit on
    Synonyms: coquetear, flirtear, pinchar
* (reflexive) (intransitive) to stick, to become attached, to adhere
* (reflexive) (intransitive) to take root

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

#### Derived terms

* con la hora pegada al culo
* dale que te pego
* despegar
* más feo que pegar a un padre
* no pegar ni con cola
* pega
* pegacarteles
* pegado
* pegajoso
* pegar fuego
* pegar la hebra
* pegar las mangas
* pegar ojo
* pegar un parche
* pegarse un tiro
* pegársela
* pegársele la cobija
* pegársele las sábanas
* pegatina

#### Related terms

* apegar
* apego
* pegamento
* pegamiento

### Further reading

* “pegar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10