pega

See also: pegá, pegà, pegâ, and péga

Asturian

Noun

pega f (plural pegues)

1. magpie (bird of genus Pica)

Catalan

Etymology 1

Inherited from Vulgar Latin pica, variant form of Latin pix (“pitch, tar”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈpɛ.ɣə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈpə.ɣə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈpe.ɣa]

Noun

pega f (plural pegues)

1. pitch, tar
2. glue
3. bad luck

Derived terms

• apegalós
• empegar
• pega dolça
• pega grega
• pegar

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈpɛ.ɣə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈpe.ɣə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈpe.ɣa]

Verb

pega

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

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈpe.ɣə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈpe.ɣa]

Adjective

pega

1. feminine singular of pec (“stupid”)

Further reading

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

Galician

Etymology 1

Attested since 1418. From Vulgar Latin peca, from Latin pīca (“magpie”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)peyk- (“woodpecker; magpie”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpeɣa̝/

Noun

pega f (plural pegas)

1. magpie
   • 1418, Á. Rodríguez González (ed.), Libro do Concello de Santiago (1416-1422). Santiago de Compostela: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 95:

     Iten tordos et melrras cada hũu a coroado. Iten petos et pegas et agoanetas a quatro coroados cada ũu

     Item, thrushes and blackbirds each one a crown. Item woodpeckers and magpies and snipes, four crowns each one

   • 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

   • 1894, Luís Otero Pimentel, Truada de rapaces:

     Dempois vin dúas lavandeiras que depenicaban unha espiga de trigo na leira de Xan de Pedreira, unha pomba que voaba pró souto de Fonte Boa, unha péga que fuxía de un lagarteiro, catro corvos que espaturraban un canciño morto na carballeira, un melro que asubiaba entre as follas dun cereixo, un carpinteiro que facía o burato pró seu niño; e unha laverca que rebulía no aire, con unha miñoquiña no pico.

     After this I saw two wagtails which were pecking a wheat spike at the field of Xan de Pedreira, a dove flying to the wood of Fonte Boa, a magpie fleeing from a kestrel, four ravens which were clawing at a dead pup at the oak grove, a blackbird whistling in the leaves of a cherry tree, a woodpecker making the hole of its nest; and a lark fluttering in the air with a little earthworm in its beak.

Derived terms

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

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “pega”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “pega”, 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), “pega”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “pega”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Etymology 2

Verb

pega

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

Guinea-Bissau Creole

Etymology

From Portuguese pegar. Cognate with Kabuverdianu pega.

Verb

pega

1. to hold

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese pegar.

Verb

pega

1. to hold

Occitan

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

pega f (plural pegas)

1. glue (adhesive substance)

Derived terms

• pegar
• empegar

Portuguese

Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:

Pega

Wikipedia ^pt

Pega (Pica pica)

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpe.ɡɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpe.ɡɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpe.ɡa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpe.ɡɐ/ [ˈpe.ɣɐ]

• Hyphenation: pe‧ga

Noun

pega f (plural pegas)

1. Eurasian magpie (Pica pica)

   Synonym: urraca

2. a prating woman, a female gossiper
3. (Portugal) whore

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:prostituta

4. (Portugal, offensive) slut (a sexually promiscuous woman or girl)

Etymology 2

Deverbal from pegar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpɛ.ɡɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpɛ.ɡɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpɛ.ɡa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpɛ.ɡɐ/ [ˈpɛ.ɣɐ]

• Hyphenation: pe‧ga

Noun

pega f (plural pegas)

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

Noun

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

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

   Synonym: racha

Etymology 3

From Latin pedica.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpɛ.ɡɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpɛ.ɡɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpɛ.ɡa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpɛ.ɡɐ/ [ˈpɛ.ɣɐ]

• Hyphenation: pe‧ga

Noun

pega f (plural pegas)

1. Alternative form of peia (“fetter”)

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpe.ɡɐ/, /ˈpɛ.ɡɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpe.ɡɐ/, /ˈpɛ.ɡɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpe.ɡa/, /ˈpɛ.ɡa/

• Hyphenation: pe‧ga

Participle

pega f sg

1. (Brazil) feminine singular of pego

Etymology 5

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpɛ.ɡɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpɛ.ɡɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpɛ.ɡa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpɛ.ɡɐ/ [ˈpɛ.ɣɐ]

Verb

pega

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

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• pjȅga (Ijekavian)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pěga (“freckle”).

Noun

pȅga f (Cyrillic spelling пе̏га)

1. freckle

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	pega	pege
genitive	pege	pega
dative	pegi	pegama
accusative	pegu	pege
vocative	pego	pege
locative	pegi	pegama
instrumental	pegom	pegama

Declension of pega

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpeɡa/ [ˈpe.ɣ̞a]

• Audio (Spain):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -eɡa
• Syllabification: pe‧ga

Etymology 1

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

Noun

pega f (plural pegas)

1. Eurasian magpie (Pica pica)

   Synonym: urraca

Etymology 2

Deverbal from pegar.

Noun

pega f (plural pegas)

1. (colloquial, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru) work

   Synonym: trabajo

2. (Venezuela) glue

   Synonyms: pegamento, cola

3. gluing
4. obstacle

   Synonyms: obstáculo, contratiempo

   • 2022 March 10, Sonia Vizoso, “Feijóo bendice el pacto del PP con Vox para gobernar Castilla y León: “Mañueco evita un adelanto electoral””, in El País‎:

     Alberto Núñez Feijóo, el candidato aclamado para dirigir el PP a partir del 2 de abril por su perfil moderado, no pone pegas al pacto de su partido con la extrema derecha para gobernar Castilla y León.

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Derived terms

• de pega

 

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

pega

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

Further reading

• “pega”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28