pego

See also: pegó and pêgo

English

Etymology

Uncertain.

Pronunciation

• (UK) 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

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈpɛ.ɣu]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈpe.ɣo]

Verb

pego

1. first-person singular present indicative of pegar

Esperanto

Bela pego (Melanerpes pulcher)

Etymology

From Italian picchio, Latin picus. Compare Interlingua pico.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpeɡo/

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• Rhymes: -eɡo
• Syllabification: pe‧go

Noun

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

1. woodpecker

Hyponyms

• birdo

Galician

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

Verb

pego

1. first-person singular present indicative of pegar

Ido

Noun

pego (plural pegi)

1. woodpecker

Portuguese

Etymology 1

From pega, from Latin pica.

Alternative forms

• pêgo (pre-reform spelling)

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpe.ɡu/

 

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

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

• Rhymes: -eɡu
• Hyphenation: pe‧go

Noun

pego m (plural pegos)

1. Eurasian oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpɛ.ɡu/

 

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

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

• Rhymes: -ɛɡu
• Hyphenation: pe‧go

Noun

pego m (plural pegos)

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

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpɛ.ɡu/

 

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

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

• Rhymes: -ɛɡu
• Hyphenation: pe‧go

Verb

pego

1. first-person singular present indicative of pegar

Etymology 4

Alternative forms

• pêgo (pre-reform spelling)

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpe.ɡu/, /ˈpɛ.ɡu/

• Rhymes: -eɡu, -ɛɡu
• Hyphenation: pe‧go

Participle

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

1. (Brazil) past participle of pegar

Further reading

• “pego”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “pego”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

pego (Cyrillic spelling пего)

1. vocative singular of pega

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpeɡo/ [ˈpe.ɣ̞o]
• Rhymes: -eɡo
• Syllabification: pe‧go

Etymology 1

Deverbal from pegar.

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

Etymology 2

Verb

pego

1. first-person singular present indicative of pegar

Further reading

• “pego”, 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