pega

pega f (plural pegues)

1. magpie (bird of genus Pica)

pega

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

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈpeɣa̝/

pega f (plural pegas)

1. magpie
   • 1555, Hernán Núñez, Refranes o proverbios en romance:

     Cregos, frades, pegas e choyas, do a demo tas quatro joyas (proverb)

     Priests, friars, magpies and choughs, I give to the devil these four jewels

• pega marxa (“Eurasian jay”)
• pega rebordá (“Eurasian jay”)

• “pega” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “pega” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “pega” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

From Portuguese pegar. Cognates with Kabuverdianu pega.

pega

1. to hold

From Portuguese pegar.

pega

1. to hold

pega f (plural pegas)

1. glue (adhesive substance)

• pegar
• empegar

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

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

pega f (plural pegas)

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

Back-formation from pegar.

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

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

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

1. fight, quarrel
2. (Brazil) an illegal street race

   Synonym: racha

From Latin pedica.

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

pega f (plural pegas)

1. Alternative form of peia

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

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
3. feminine singular short past participle of pegar

• (Ijekavian): pjȅga

From Proto-Slavic *pěga (“freckle”).

pȅga f (Cyrillic spelling пе̏га)

1. freckle

pega f (plural pegas)

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

• (work): trabajo
• (glue): pegamento, cola

pega

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) 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.