pega

pega f (plural pegues)

1. magpie (bird of genus Pica)

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /ˈpə.ɡə/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /ˈpɛ.ɡə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈpe.ɡa/

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

pega f (plural pegues)

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

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

pega

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

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

Attested since 1418. 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
   • 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.

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

• “pega” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “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. Cognate with Kabuverdianu pega.

pega

1. to hold

From Portuguese pegar.

pega

1. to hold

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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”).

• Hyphenation: pe‧ga

pega f (plural pegas)

1. Eurasian magpie (Pica pica)

   Synonym: urraca

2. a prating woman, a female gossiper
3. (Portugal, offensive) slut (a sexually promiscuous woman or girl)

Deverbal from pegar.

• Hyphenation: pe‧ga

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

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

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

   Synonym: racha

From Latin pedica.

• Hyphenation: pe‧ga

pega f (plural pegas)

1. Alternative form of peia

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• Hyphenation: pe‧ga

pega f sg

1. feminine singular of pego

pega f sg

1. feminine singular of pego

• (Ijekavian): pjȅga

From Proto-Slavic *pěga (“freckle”).

pȅga f (Cyrillic spelling пе̏га)

1. freckle

• IPA^(key): /ˈpeɡa/ [ˈpe.ɣ̞a]

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• Rhymes: -eɡa
• Syllabification: pe‧ga

Deverbal from pegar.

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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• de pega

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

pega

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

• “pega”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014