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pega.

magpie (bird of the genus Pica)

4 characters2 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈpe.ɡɐ/Brazil/ˈpe.ɡɐ/Portugal[ˈpe.ɣɐ]Portugal/ˈpe.ɡɐ/Portugal, Southern
  1. magpie (bird of the genus Pica)

    feminine
  2. a prating woman, a female gossiper

    feminine
  3. whore

    Portugal · feminine
  4. slut (a sexually promiscuous woman or girl)

    Portugal · feminine · offensive
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese *pega, from Vulgar Latin peca, from Latin pīca (“magpie”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)peyk- (“woodpecker; magpie”).

noun/ˈpɛ.ɡɐ/Brazil/ˈpɛ.ɡɐ/Portugal[ˈpɛ.ɣɐ]Portugal/ˈpɛ.ɡɐ/Portugal, Southern
  1. handle

    feminine
  2. grip

    feminine
  3. the final event in a typical Portuguese bullfight, involving eight forcados who challenge the bull with their bare hands

    feminine
Where this word comes from

Deverbal from pegar.

noun/ˈpɛ.ɡɐ/Brazil/ˈpɛ.ɡɐ/Portugal[ˈpɛ.ɣɐ]Portugal/ˈpɛ.ɡɐ/Portugal, Southern
  1. fight, quarrel

    Brazil · Portugal · feminine · masculine
  2. an illegal street race

    Brazil · Portugal · feminine · masculine
Where this word comes from

Deverbal from pegar.

noun/ˈpɛ.ɡɐ/Brazil/ˈpɛ.ɡɐ/Portugal[ˈpɛ.ɣɐ]Portugal/ˈpɛ.ɡɐ/Portugal, Southern
  1. alternative form of peia (“fetter”)

    alt-of · alternative · feminine
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Latin pedica.

verb/ˈpe.ɡɐ/Brazil/ˈpɛ.ɡɐ/Brazil
  1. feminine singular of pego

    Brazil · feminine · form-of · participle · singular
Where this word comes from

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

verb/ˈpɛ.ɡɐ/Brazil/ˈpɛ.ɡɐ/Portugal[ˈpɛ.ɣɐ]Portugal/ˈpɛ.ɡɐ/Portugal
  1. inflection of pegar: third-person singular present indicative

    form-of · indicative · present · singular · third-person
  2. inflection of pegar: second-person singular imperative

    form-of · imperative · second-person · singular
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