pega
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Asturian
Noun
pega f (plural pegues)
Catalan
Etymology 1
Inherited from Vulgar Latin pica, variant form of Latin pix (“pitch, tar”).
Pronunciation
Noun
pega f (plural pegues)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
Verb
pega
- inflection of pegar:
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
Adjective
pega
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
Noun
pega f (plural pegas)
- 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.
- 1418, Á. Rodríguez González (ed.), Libro do Concello de Santiago (1416-1422). Santiago de Compostela: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 95:
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: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- 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
- inflection of pegar:
Guinea-Bissau Creole
Etymology
From Portuguese pegar. Cognate with Kabuverdianu pega.
Verb
pega
- to hold
Kabuverdianu
Etymology
From Portuguese pegar.
Verb
pega
- to hold
Occitan
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Noun
pega f (plural pegas)
- glue (adhesive substance)
Derived terms
Portuguese

Etymology 1
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese *pega, from Vulgar Latin peca, from Latin pīca (“magpie”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)peyk- (“woodpecker; magpie”).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: pe‧ga
Noun
pega f (plural pegas)
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: pe‧ga
Noun
pega f (plural pegas)
Noun
pega (Portugal) f or (Brazil) m (plural pegas)
Etymology 3
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: pe‧ga
Noun
pega f (plural pegas)
- Alternative form of peia (“fetter”)
Etymology 4
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: pe‧ga
Participle
pega f sg
Etymology 5
Pronunciation
Verb
pega
- inflection of pegar:
Serbo-Croatian
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pěga (“freckle”).
Noun
pȅga f (Cyrillic spelling пе̏га)
Declension
Declension of pega
Spanish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Inherited from Vulgar Latin peca, from Latin pīca (“magpie”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)peyk- (“woodpecker; magpie”).
Noun
pega f (plural pegas)
- Eurasian magpie (Pica pica)
- Synonym: urraca
Etymology 2
Noun
pega f (plural pegas)
- (colloquial, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru) work
- Synonym: trabajo
- (Venezuela) glue
- gluing
- 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
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
pega
- inflection of pegar:
Further reading
- “pega”, 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
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