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SPANISH · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

coger.

to take, catch, hold, to get, to seize

5 characters2 syllables approx.Español language

Meaning & usage

verb/koˈxeɾ/[koˈxeɾ]
  1. to take, catch, hold, to get, to seize

    Voy a coger un bus.
    He cogido un resfriado.
  2. to pick, harvest

    Coge tus llaves.
  3. to fish

  4. to seize, arrest; to overtake

  5. to get (a joke)

  6. to collect

  7. to have sex, to fuck, to bang

    Latin-America · also · ambitransitive · reflexive · vulgar
    Me la cogí.
    Quiero coger con ella.
  8. to imitate, learn

    Spain
  9. to choose (a direction, route, when driving or walking)

    Spain
  10. to turn to (when driving or walking)

    Spain
  11. to board (means of transportation)

    Spain
    Tengo que coger el tren.
  12. to fit

    Spain · colloquial
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Latin colligere (“to collect, to gather”). Cognate with Portuguese colher, French cueillir, Sicilian cògghiri, and also with English cull, coil, college, and collect. Compare also the borrowed doublet colegir. Not related to Latin cōgere, coagere (“to assemble”).

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