# apegar
## Catalan
### Etymology

From a- +‎ pegar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ə.pəˈɣa]
* IPA: (Valencia) [a.peˈɣaɾ]

### Verb

apegar (first-person singular present apego, first-person singular preterite apeguí, past participle apegat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencia) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/
* (dialectal) to glue, to stick
    Synonym: enganxar
* to transmit, to infect
    Synonym: contagiar

#### Conjugation
### Further reading

* “apegar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## Galician
### Etymology

From a- +‎ pegar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /apeˈɣaɾ/

### Verb

apegar (first-person singular present apego, first-person singular preterite apeguei, past participle apegado)
* (transitive) to glue
    Synonym: colar
* (transitive) to adhere
    Synonym: adherir
* (transitive) to infect; pass on; infect (a disease)
    Synonym: contaxiar

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

### References

* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “apegar”, 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), “apegar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “apegar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Portuguese
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

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

### Verb

apegar (first-person singular present apego, first-person singular preterite apeguei, past participle apegado)
* to stick, glue, cling (to)
* to infect, contaminate

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

## Spanish
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /apeˈɡaɾ/ [a.peˈɣ̞aɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: a‧pe‧gar

### Verb

apegar (first-person singular present apego, first-person singular preterite apegué, past participle apegado)
* (obsolete) to glue
    Synonym: pegar
* (pronominal, with preposition a) to become devoted, to become attached

#### 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

* apegado
* apego

### Further reading

* “apegar”, 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