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pegar

/peˈɡaɾ/, [peˈɣ̞aɾ]

hit, paste

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 (of food and drink)
    Hoy pega mucho el sol.
    The sun is hot/strong/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)
    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

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

Examples

  • Olvidé pegar un sello en el sobre.

    I forgot to attach a stamp to the envelope.

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  • Cortar-y-pegar es muy útil.

    Copy-and-paste is very useful.

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  • Él no me va a pegar.

    He won't beat me.

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  • Una grapadora es muy útil para pegar hojas.

    A stapler is very useful for attaching papers together.

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  • Tom no culpa a Mary por pegar a John.

    Tom didn't blame Mary for hitting John.

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  • Yo siempre quise hacerme vaquero, perseguir a los malos, pegar tiros... Pero cuando crecí me di cuenta de que, por desgracia, esa profesión se ha extinguido.

    I always wanted to be a cowboy, pursuing the bad, shooting... But when I grew up I noticed that unfortunately that profession has vanished.

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  • No puedes pegar a Tom y esperar que él no te devuelva el golpe.

    You can't hit Tom and expect him not to hit you back.

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  • La música debe pegar el fuego del corazón del hombre, y traer lágrimas a los ojos de la mujer.

    Music should strike fire from the heart of man, and bring tears from the eyes of woman.

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  • Le voy a pegar a Mary.

    I will hit Mary.

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  • No olvides pegar el sello a la carta.

    Don't forget to put a stamp on your letter.

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