pego
English
Etymology
Uncertain.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈpiːɡəʊ/
Noun
pego (plural pegos)
- (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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Anagrams
- poge
Catalan
Verb
pego
- first-person singular present indicative form of pegar
Esperanto
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)
- woodpecker
Hyponyms
- birdo
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 m (feminine singular pega, masculine plural pegos, feminine plural pegas)
- variegated
- Synonyms: apigarado, multicolor, pégaro, pinto
Related terms
- apigarado
- pégaro
References
- “pego” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “pego” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “pego” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Ido
Noun
pego (plural pegi)
- woodpecker
Portuguese
Etymology 1
From pega, from Latin pica.
Pronunciation
- (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)
- Eurasian oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)
Etymology 2
From Old Portuguese peego, from Latin pelagus (“sea”), from Ancient Greek πέλαγος (pélagos). Doublet of pélago.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈpɛ.ɡu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈpɛ.ɡo/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈpɛ.ɡu/ [ˈpɛ.ɣu]
- Rhymes: -ɛɡu
- Hyphenation: pe‧go
Noun
pego m (plural pegos)
- the bottom of the sea
- the deepest point of a body of water
- an underwater cave
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
- (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
- first-person singular present indicative of pegar; "I take"
Participle
pego (feminine pega, masculine plural pegos, feminine plural pegas)
- (Brazil) past participle of pegar; "taken"
Serbo-Croatian
Noun
pego (Cyrillic spelling пего)
- vocative singular of pega
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpeɡo/ [ˈpe.ɣ̞o]
- Rhymes: -eɡo
- Syllabification: pe‧go
Noun
pego m (plural pegos)
- (card games) a trick consisting of taking two cards from the pack instead of one
Derived terms
- dar el pego
Verb
pego
- first-person singular present indicative of pegar
Further reading
- “pego”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014