pego

See also: pegó and pêgo

English

Etymology

Origin uncertain.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpiːɡəʊ/

Noun

pego (plural pegos)

1. (archaic, slang) The penis.
   • 2002, Michel Faber, The Crimson Petal and the White, Canongate Books (2010), page 758:

     Lately, he has come to dread Sugarʼs overtures of love, for his pego has remained flaccid when he would most wish to have use of it.

Anagrams

• poge

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Catalan

Verb

pego

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Esperanto

Bela pego ()

Etymology

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Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): [ˈpeɡo]
• Rhymes: -eɡo
• Hyphenation: pe‧go

Noun

pego (accusative singular pegon, plural pegoj, accusative plural pegojn)

1. woodpecker

Hyponyms

• birdo

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Galician

Etymology

Perhaps from a non-Celtic substrate language related to Lusitanian, from Proto-Indo-European *peyḱ- (“to paint, mark, embroider”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpeɣʊ]

Adjective

pego (feminine pega, masculine plural pegos, feminine plural pegas)

1. variegated

   Synonyms: apigarado, multicolor, pégaro, pinto

Related terms

• apigarado
• pégaro

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “pego”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “pego”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “pego”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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Ido

Noun

pego (plural pegi)

1. woodpecker

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Portuguese

Etymology 1

From the verb pegar, from Latin picāre.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpɛ.ɡu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpɛ.ɡu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpɛ.ɡo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpɛ.ɡu/ [ˈpɛ.ɣu]

• Rhymes: -ɛɡu
• Hyphenation: pe‧go

Verb

pego

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2. (Brazil) Template:pt-verb-form-of

Etymology 2

From pega, from Latin pica.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpe.ɡu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpe.ɡu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpe.ɡo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpe.ɡu/ [ˈpe.ɣu]

• Rhymes: -eɡu
• Hyphenation: pe‧go

Noun

pego m (plural pegos)

1. Eurasian oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)

Etymology 3

From Old Galician-Portuguese peego, from Latin pelagus (“sea”), from Ancient Greek πέλαγος (pélagos). Doublet of pélago.

Noun

pego m (plural pegos)

1. the bottom of the sea
2. the deepest point of a body of water
3. an underwater cave

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Serbo-Croatian

Noun

pego (Cyrillic spelling пего)

1. vocative singular of pega

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpeɡo/ [ˈpe.ɣ̞o]

Noun

pego m (plural pegos)

1. (card games) a trick consisting of taking two cards from the pack instead of one

Derived terms

• dar el pego

Verb

pego

1. first-person singular present indicative of pegar

Further reading

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