pegar

Spanish

verb

Definitions

(intransitive) to stick
(intransitive) to match; to fit; to go with
(intransitive) to be strong (of food and drink)
(computing) to paste
(transitive) to glue
(transitive) to hit; strike
(transitive) to give; dish out (a strike)
(transitive) to infect; pass on; infect (a disease)
(transitive) to do; take; have a kind of catch-all verb for various actions
(colloquial) to flirt, hit on

Etymology

Derived from Latin picāre (smear with pitch).

Origin

Latin

picāre

Gloss

smear with pitch

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