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pego

See also: pegó and pêgo

English

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Etymology

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Uncertain.

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Noun

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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.

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Catalan

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pego

  1. first-person singular present indicative of pegar

Esperanto

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Bela pego (Melanerpes pulcher)

Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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Noun

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

  1. woodpecker

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Galician

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Etymology 1

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

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Adjective

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

  1. variegated
    Synonyms: apigarado, multicolor, pégaro, pinto
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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pego

  1. first-person singular present indicative of pegar

Ido

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Noun

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pego (plural pegi)

  1. woodpecker

Portuguese

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Etymology 1

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From pega, from Latin pica.

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  • Rhymes: -eɡu
  • Hyphenation: pe‧go

Noun

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pego m (plural pegos)

  1. Eurasian oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)

Etymology 2

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

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  • Rhymes: -ɛɡu
  • Hyphenation: pe‧go

Noun

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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

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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  • Rhymes: -ɛɡu
  • Hyphenation: pe‧go

Verb

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pego

  1. first-person singular present indicative of pegar

Etymology 4

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Pronunciation

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

Participle

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

  1. (Brazil) past participle of pegar

Serbo-Croatian

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Noun

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pego (Cyrillic spelling пего)

  1. vocative singular of pega

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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Deverbal from pegar.

Noun

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pego m (plural pegos)

  1. (card games) a trick consisting of taking two cards from the pack instead of one
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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pego

  1. first-person singular present indicative of pegar

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