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coger

/koˈxeɾ/, [koˈxeɾ]

catch, fuck, take

Verb coger (first-person singular present cojo, first-person singular preterite cogí, past participle cogido)

  1. (Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Spain) to take, catch, hold, to get, to seize
  2. to pick, harvest
  3. to fish
  4. to seize, arrest; to overtake
  5. to get (a joke)
  6. (Spain) to imitate, learn
  7. (vulgar, Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Mexico, Paraguay, Uruguay, Venezuela, Central America) to have sex, to fuck, to bang
  8. (Spain) to choose (a direction, route, when driving or walking)
  9. (Spain) to turn to (when driving or walking)
  10. (Spain) to board (means of transportation)
    Tengo que coger el tren.
    I have a train to catch.

Source: Wiktionary available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License

Examples

  • Me levanté más pronto de lo normal para coger el primer tren.

    I got up earlier than usual to catch the first train.

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  • ¿Puedes coger esto?

    Can you take this?

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  • Puedes coger mi coche si quieres.

    You can use my car, if you want to.

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  • Quizá haya perdido el autobús que suele coger.

    He may have missed his usual bus.

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  • Hay que coger el toro por los cuernos.

    You have to take the bull by the horns.

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  • ¿Puedo coger un taxi cerca de aquí?

    Can I catch a taxi near here?

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  • ¿Dónde puedo coger mi pasaje de avión?

    Where can I pick up my airplane ticket?

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  • Dejó de coger margaritas.

    She stopped picking daisies.

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  • Tom abrió el cajón para coger una calculadora.

    Tom opened the drawer to get a calculator.

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  • Es más barato ir en autobús en lugar de coger un taxi.

    It's more economical to go by bus instead of taking a taxi.

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