pegar

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin picāre (“smear with pitch”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [pəˈɣa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [peˈɣaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [peˈɣa]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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• Homophone: pagar

Verb

pegar (first-person singular present pego, first-person singular preterite peguí, past participle pegat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencia, Balearic) /e/

1. (intransitive) to hit (in order to harm) [with a ‘someone’]

   Per què li pegueu a aquest noi? ― Why are you hitting this boy?

2. (intransitive, dialectal) to hit [with de ‘something’ and a ‘against something else’]

   Synonyms: topar, xocar

   Vaig pegar de cap a la paret ― I hit my head against the wall

3. (transitive, dialectal) to give (someone) [with cop ‘knock’, empenta ‘shove’, etc.]

   Synonyms: donar un cop, donar una empenta, empènyer

   Li va pegar una empenta ― He shoved her

4. (transitive, dialectal) to do [with bot ‘jump’, salt ‘jump’, etc.]

   Synonyms: donar un bot/salt, fer un bot/salt, saltar

   Va pegar un bot ― He jumped

5. (transitive, dialectal) to throw [with rabinadura ‘tantrum’, etc.]; to show (sudden emotion)

   Synonym: agafar

   Li va pegar una rabinadura al mig de la plaça ― He threw a tantrum in the middle of the square

6. (dialectal) to glue

   Synonyms: enganxar, encolar

Usage notes

• Words like "to jump", "to shove", "to knock" can be expressed in two ways. The first is with simple verbs (saltar, empènyer, pegar). The second is to use the construction with a verb roughly meaning "to do" plus indefinite article plus substantive (fer un salt / donar un salt / pegar un salt, donar una empenta / pegar una empenta, donar un cop / pegar un cop).

Conjugation

    Central Catalan conjugation of pegar (first conjugation, g-gu alternation)

infinitive			pegar
gerund			pegant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		pegat		pegada
		plural		pegats		pegades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	pego	pegues	pega	peguem	pegueu	peguen
	imperfect	pegava	pegaves	pegava	pegàvem	pegàveu	pegaven
	future	pegaré	pegaràs	pegarà	pegarem	pegareu	pegaran
	preterite	peguí	pegares	pegà	pegàrem	pegàreu	pegaren
	conditional	pegaria	pegaries	pegaria	pegaríem	pegaríeu	pegarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	pegui	peguis	pegui	peguem	pegueu	peguin
	imperfect	pegués	peguessis	pegués	peguéssim	peguéssiu	peguessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	pega	pegui	peguem	pegueu	peguin
	negative (no)	—	no peguis	no pegui	no peguem	no pegueu	no peguin

Related terms

• apegar
• pega
• pegar-se un toc a la barra

Further reading

• “pegar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “pegar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “pegar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “pegar”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Galician

Alternative forms

• apegar

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese pegar (att. 14th c.), from Latin picāre (“smear with pitch”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /peˈɡaɾ/ [peˈɣ̞ɑɾ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /peˈɡaɾ/ [peˈɣ̞ɑɾ]
• IPA^(key): (gheada) /peˈħaɾ/ [peˈħɑɾ]

• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Hyphenation: pe‧gar

Verb

pegar (first-person singular present pego, first-person singular preterite peguei, past participle pegado)

1. (transitive) to glue

   Synonym: colar

2. (transitive) to adhere

   Synonym: adherir

3. (transitive) to fix in place; to hold, steady

   Synonym: fixar

4. (transitive) to hold, steady

   Synonym: termar

5. (transitive) to join, splice

   Synonyms: unir, xuntar

6. (transitive) to hit, blow

   Synonyms: golpear, zoupar

7. (pronominal) to come closer; to stick

   Synonym: achegar

8. (transitive) to infect; pass on; infect (a disease)

   Synonym: contaxiar

9. (transitive, informal) to do; take; have (a kind of catch-all verb for various actions)

   Synonym: dar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of pegar (g-gu alternation)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	pegar
Personal	pegar	pegares	pegar	pegarmos	pegardes	pegaren
Gerund
	pegando
Past participle
Masculine	pegado			pegados
Feminine	pegada			pegadas
Indicative
Present	pego	pegas	pega	pegamos	pegades	pegan
Imperfect	pegaba	pegabas	pegaba	pegabamos	pegabades	pegaban
Preterite	peguei	pegaches	pegou	pegamos	pegastes	pegaron
Pluperfect	pegara	pegaras	pegara	pegaramos	pegarades	pegaran
Future	pegarei	pegarás	pegará	pegaremos	pegaredes	pegarán
Conditional	pegaría	pegarías	pegaría	pegariamos	pegariades	pegarían
Subjunctive
Present	pegue	pegues	pegue	peguemos	peguedes	peguen
Imperfect	pegase	pegases	pegase	pegásemos	pegásedes	pegasen
Future	pegar	pegares	pegar	pegarmos	pegardes	pegaren
Imperative
Affirmative		pega	pegue	peguemos	pegade	peguen
Negative (non)		non pegues	non pegue	non peguemos	non peguedes	non peguen

    Reintegrated conjugation of pegar (g-gu alternation) (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	pegar
Personal	pegar	pegares	pegar	pegarmos	pegardes	pegarem
Gerund
	pegando
Past participle
Masculine	pegado			pegados
Feminine	pegada			pegadas
Indicative
Present	pego	pegas	pega	pegamos	pegades, pegais	pegam
Imperfect	pegava	pegavas	pegava	pegávamos	pegávades, pegáveis, pegávais1	pegavam
Preterite	peguei	pegaste, pegache1	pegou	pegamos	pegastes	pegárom, pegaram
Pluperfect	pegara	pegaras	pegara	pegáramos	pegárades, pegáreis, pegárais1	pegaram
Future	pegarei	pegarás	pegará	pegaremos	pegaredes, pegareis	pegarám, pegarão
Conditional	pegaria	pegarias	pegaria	pegaríamos	pegaríades, pegaríeis, pegaríais1	pegariam
Subjunctive
Present	pegue	pegues	pegue	peguemos	peguedes, pegueis	peguem
Imperfect	pegasse	pegasses	pegasse	pegássemos	pegássedes, pegásseis	pegassem
Future	pegar	pegares	pegar	pegarmos	pegardes	pegarem
Imperative
Affirmative		pega	pegue	peguemos	pegade, pegai	peguem
Negative (nom)		nom pegues	nom pegue	nom peguemos	nom peguedes, nom pegueis	nom peguem

¹Less recommended.

Related terms

• pegamazo
• pegamento

References

• “pegar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
• “pegar”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026
• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “pegar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “pegar”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Santamarina, editor (2006–2013), “pegar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Santamarina, Ernesto X. González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “pegar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “pegar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Indonesian

Noun

pegar (plural pegar-pegar)

1. pheasant

   Synonym: kuau

Malay

Noun

pegar (plural pegar-pegar)

1. pheasant

   Synonyms: kuau, kuang

Occitan

Etymology

From Latin picāre (“smear with pitch”).

Pronunciation

• Audio (Béarn):

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Verb

pegar

1. to glue (attach using glue)

   Synonym: empegar

Conjugation

    Lengadocian (Central Occitan)

		simple			compound
infinitive		pegar			aver pegat
gerund		pegant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		pegat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	pegui	pegas	pega	pegam	pegatz	pegan
	imperfect	pegavi	pegavas	pegava	pegàvem	pegàvetz	pegavan
	preterite	peguèri	peguères	peguèt	peguèrem	peguèretz	peguèron
	future	pegarai	pegaràs	pegarà	pegarem	pegaretz	pegaràn
	conditional	pegariái	pegariás	pegariá	pegariam	pegariatz	pegarián
	conditional 2nd form1	peguèra	peguèras	peguèra	pegueram	pegueratz	peguèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	pegue	pegues	pegue	peguem	peguetz	peguen
	imperfect	peguèssi	peguèsses	peguèsse	peguèssem	peguèssetz	peguèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			pega		peguem	pegatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Auvernhàs

		simple			compound
infinitive		pegar			aver pegat
gerund		pegant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		pegat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	pegue	pegues	pega	pegam	pegatz	pegon
	imperfect	pegave	pegaves	pegava	pegaviam	pegaviatz	pegavon
	preterite	peguere	pegueres	peguet	peguem	peguetz	pegueron
	future	pegarai	pegaràs	pegará	pegarem	pegaretz	pegarán
	conditional	pegariá	pegariás	pegariá	pegariam	pegariatz	pegarián
	conditional 2nd form1	peguèra	peguèras	peguèra	pegueram	pegueratz	peguèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	pegue	pegues	pegue	pegassiam	pegassiatz	pegon
	imperfect	peguesse	peguesses	peguesse	peguessiam	peguessiatz	peguesson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			pega		pegassiam	pegatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Gascon

		simple			compound
infinitive		pegar			aver pegat
gerund		pegant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		pegat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	pegui	pegas	pega	pegam	pegatz	pegan
	imperfect	pegavi	pegavas	pegava	pegàvam	pegàvatz	pegavan
	preterite	peguèi	peguès	peguè	peguèm	peguètz	peguèn
	future	pegarèi	pegaràs	pegarà	pegaram	pegaratz	pegaràn
	conditional	pegarí	pegarés	pegaré	pegarem	pegaretz	pegarén
	conditional 2nd form1	peguèra	peguèras	peguèra	pegueram	pegueratz	peguèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	pegui	pegues	pegue	peguem	peguetz	peguen
	imperfect	peguèssi	peguèsses	peguèsse	peguèssem	peguèssetz	peguèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			pega		peguem	pegatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Lemosin

		simple			compound
infinitive		pegar			aver pegat
gerund		pegant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		pegat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	pegue	pegas	pega	pegam	pegatz	pegan
	imperfect	pegava	pegavas	pegava	pegàvam	pegàvatz	pegavan
	preterite	peguei	pegueras	peguet	peguèram	peguèratz	pegueran
	future	pegarai	pegaràs	pegará	pegarem	pegaretz	pegarán
	conditional	pegariá	pegariàs	pegariá	pegariam	pegariatz	pegarián
	conditional 2nd form1	peguèra	peguèras	peguèra	pegueram	pegueratz	peguèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	pegue	pegues	pegue	peguem	peguetz	peguen
	imperfect	peguèsse	peguèsses	peguèsse	peguèssem	peguèssetz	peguèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			pega		peguem	pegatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Provençau

		simple			compound
infinitive		pegar			aver pegat
gerund		pegant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		pegat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	pegue	pegues	pega	pegam	pegatz	pegan
	imperfect	pegavi	pegavas	pegava	pegàvem	pegàvetz	pegavan
	preterite	peguère	peguères	peguèt	pegueriam	pegueriatz	peguèron
	future	pegarai	pegaràs	pegarà	pegarem	pegaretz	pegaràn
	conditional	pegariáu	pegariás	pegariá	pegariam	pegariatz	pegarián
	conditional 2nd form1	peguèra	peguèras	peguèra	pegueram	pegueratz	peguèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	pegue	pegues	pegue	peguem	peguetz	pegan
	imperfect	peguèsse	peguèsses	peguèsse	peguessiam	peguessiatz	peguèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			pega		peguem	pegatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin picāre (“smear with pitch”), from pix (“pitch”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /peˈɡa(ʁ)/ [peˈɡa(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /peˈɡa(ʁ)/ [peˈɡa(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /peˈɡa(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /peˈɡa(ʁ)/ [peˈɡa(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /peˈɡa(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɨˈɡaɾ/ [pɨˈɣaɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɨˈɡaɾ/ [pɨˈɣaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɨˈɡa.ɾi/

• (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɛˈɡa(h)/
• (Rural Central Brazil) IPA^(key): /piˈɡa(ɹ)/

• Audio (Portugal (Porto)):

  (file)

• Hyphenation: pe‧gar

Verb

pegar (first-person singular present pego, first-person singular preterite peguei, past participle pegado, short past participle pego)

1. (transitive) to catch
   1. to grab, hold

      Synonym: agarrar

   2. (Brazil) to discover someone doing something
2. (intransitive) to pick up [with em]
3. (Brazil, slang, transitive, reflexive) to engage in a romantic and/or sexual relationship with someone for one night or some short period of time
4. (Brazil, colloquial, transitive, reflexive) to fight, to beat up, to engage in a physical conflict (Should we delete⁽⁺⁾ this sense?)

   Eu vou te pegar na porrada!

   I'm going to beat you up!

5. (informal, transitive) to stump, to get

   Nossa, esse exercício me pegou agora.

   Whoa, this question sure stumped me.

   Resposta errada, te peguei, rá!

   Wrong answer, got you, ha!

6. (transitive, intransitive) to stick, to glue
   • Fernando Tordo (1973), “Tourada”, (in Portuguese): “E só ficam os peões de brega / Cuja profissão não pega ― And only the peões de brega are left / whose profession doesn't stick”

   Synonym: colar

7. (colloquial, intransitive) to catch on
8. (Brazil, transitive) to catch, to take (a transport)

   Vamos pegar um ônibus. ― Let's take a bus.

   Synonyms: apanhar, tomar

10. (intransitive) to start an engine, vehicle

    O carro não pega! ― The car won't start!

11. (reflexive) to catch a disease

    Tu pegaste-me COVID! ― I caught COVID from you!

12. (reflexive, impersonal) to be contagious (of a disease)

    Isso pega-se? ― Is that contagious?

13. (intransitive, agriculture) to catch, take root

Usage notes

The short past participle form pego is mostly used in Brazilian Portuguese.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of pegar (irregular short past participle; g-gu alternation) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	pegar
Personal	pegar	pegares	pegar	pegarmos	pegardes	pegarem
Gerund
	pegando
Short past participle
Masculine	pego1			pegos1
Feminine	pega1			pegas1
Long past participle
Masculine	pegado2			pegados2
Feminine	pegada2			pegadas2
Indicative
Present	pego	pegas	pega	pegamos	pegais	pegam
Imperfect	pegava	pegavas	pegava	pegávamos	pegáveis	pegavam
Preterite	peguei	pegaste	pegou	pegamos3, pegámos4	pegastes	pegaram
Pluperfect	pegara	pegaras	pegara	pegáramos	pegáreis	pegaram
Future	pegarei	pegarás	pegará	pegaremos	pegareis	pegarão
Conditional	pegaria	pegarias	pegaria	pegaríamos	pegaríeis	pegariam
Subjunctive
Present	pegue	pegues	pegue	peguemos	pegueis	peguem
Imperfect	pegasse	pegasses	pegasse	pegássemos	pegásseis	pegassem
Future	pegar	pegares	pegar	pegarmos	pegardes	pegarem
Imperative
Affirmative		pega	pegue	peguemos	pegai	peguem
Negative (não)		não pegues	não pegue	não peguemos	não pegueis	não peguem

¹Usually used with auxiliary verbs ser and estar.
²Usually used with auxiliary verbs haver and ter.
³Brazilian Portuguese.
⁴European Portuguese.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:pegar.

Related terms

• apegar

Descendants

• Macanese: pegâ

Further reading

• “pegar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “pegar”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2026
• “pegar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “pegar”, in Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisboa: Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, 2001–2026
• “pegar”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “pegar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “pegar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin picāre (“smear with pitch”), derived from pix (“pitch”). Compare English pitch.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /peˈɡaɾ/ [peˈɣ̞aɾ]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: pe‧gar

Verb

pegar (first-person singular present pego, first-person singular preterite pegué, past participle pegado)

1. (intransitive) to stick

   No pega a la pared

   It doesn't stick to the wall.

2. (intransitive) to match; to fit; to go with

   La mesa no pega con la silla.

   The table doesn't go with the chair.

3. (intransitive) to be strong or bright (said of the sun or light)

   Hoy pega mucho el sol.

   The sun is blazing down today.

4. (computing, transitive) to paste

   copia y pega ― copy and paste

5. (transitive) to glue

   Pégalo con el pegamento

   Glue it with the glue

6. (transitive) to hit; strike

   pega el balón ― hit the ball

7. (transitive) to give; dish out (a strike)

   ¡Te voy a pegar un manotazo!

   I'm gonna give you a slap!

8. (transitive) to infect; pass on; infect (a disease)

   Creo que me pegó la sífilis.

   I think he gave me syphilis.

9. (transitive, informal) to do; take; have (a kind of catch-all verb for various actions)

   Synonym: dar

   Voy a pegarme una ducha.

   I'm going to take a shower.

   Aquí falta pegar una buena limpieza.

   This place needs (to have) a good clean-up.

   Pegamos una buena comida.

   We had an awesome lunch

   Acaba de pegar otro grito.

   She's just let out another shout

   ¡No te pegues otra borrachera!

   Don't get smashed again!

   pegar un tiro; pegarse un tiro ― to shoot; to shoot oneself

10. (colloquial) to flirt, hit on

    Synonyms: coquetear, flirtear, pinchar

11. (colloquial, Mexico, Central America) to be intoxicating (of alcohol)

    Este tequila te pega mucho.

    This tequila hits you hard.

12. (reflexive, intransitive) to stick, to become attached, to adhere
13. (reflexive, intransitive) to take root

Conjugation

    Conjugation of pegar (g-gu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			pegar
gerund			pegando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		pegado		pegada
		plural		pegados		pegadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	pego	pegastú pegásvos	pega	pegamos	pegáis	pegan
	imperfect	pegaba	pegabas	pegaba	pegábamos	pegabais	pegaban
	preterite	pegué	pegaste	pegó	pegamos	pegasteis	pegaron
	future	pegaré	pegarás	pegará	pegaremos	pegaréis	pegarán
	conditional	pegaría	pegarías	pegaría	pegaríamos	pegaríais	pegarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	pegue	peguestú peguésvos2	pegue	peguemos	peguéis	peguen
	imperfect (ra)	pegara	pegaras	pegara	pegáramos	pegarais	pegaran
	imperfect (se)	pegase	pegases	pegase	pegásemos	pegaseis	pegasen
	future1	pegare	pegares	pegare	pegáremos	pegareis	pegaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		pegatú pegávos	pegue	peguemos	pegad	peguen
	negative		no pegues	no pegue	no peguemos	no peguéis	no peguen

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of pegar (g-gu alternation)

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive pegar	dative	pegarme	pegarte	pegarle, pegarse	pegarnos	pegaros	pegarles, pegarse
	accusative	pegarme	pegarte	pegarlo, pegarla, pegarse	pegarnos	pegaros	pegarlos, pegarlas, pegarse
with gerund pegando	dative	pegándome	pegándote	pegándole, pegándose	pegándonos	pegándoos	pegándoles, pegándose
	accusative	pegándome	pegándote	pegándolo, pegándola, pegándose	pegándonos	pegándoos	pegándolos, pegándolas, pegándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative pega	dative	pégame	pégate	pégale	péganos	not used	pégales
	accusative	pégame	pégate	pégalo, pégala	péganos	not used	pégalos, pégalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative pegá	dative	pegame	pegate	pegale	peganos	not used	pegales
	accusative	pegame	pegate	pegalo, pegala	peganos	not used	pegalos, pegalas
with formal second-person singular imperative pegue	dative	pégueme	not used	péguele, péguese	péguenos	not used	pégueles
	accusative	pégueme	not used	péguelo, péguela, péguese	péguenos	not used	péguelos, péguelas
with first-person plural imperative peguemos	dative	not used	peguémoste	peguémosle	peguémonos	peguémoos	peguémosles
	accusative	not used	peguémoste	peguémoslo, peguémosla	peguémonos	peguémoos	peguémoslos, peguémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative pegad	dative	pegadme	not used	pegadle	pegadnos	pegaos	pegadles
	accusative	pegadme	not used	pegadlo, pegadla	pegadnos	pegaos	pegadlos, pegadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative peguen	dative	péguenme	not used	péguenle	péguennos	not used	péguenles, péguense
	accusative	péguenme	not used	péguenlo, péguenla	péguennos	not used	péguenlos, péguenlas, péguense

Derived terms

• con la hora pegada al culo
• dale que te pego
• despegar
• más feo que pegar a un padre
• no pegar ni con cola
• pega
• pegacarteles
• pegado
• pegajoso
• pegar fuego
• pegar la hebra
• pegar las mangas
• pegar ojo
• pegar un parche
• pegarse un tiro
• pegársela
• pegársele la cobija
• pegársele las sábanas
• pegatina

Related terms

• apegar
• apego
• pegamento
• pegamiento

Further reading

• “pegar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
• El Chilangonario (in Spanish)