apegar

From a- +‎ pegar.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ə.pəˈɣa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [a.peˈɣaɾ]

apegar (first-person singular present apego, first-person singular preterite apeguí, past participle apegat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencian) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/

1. (dialectal) to glue, to stick

   Synonym: enganxar

2. to transmit, to infect

   Synonym: contagiar

• “apegar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

From a- +‎ pegar.

• IPA^(key): /apeˈɣaɾ/

apegar (first-person singular present apego, first-person singular preterite apeguei, past participle apegado)

1. (transitive) to glue

   Synonym: colar

2. (transitive) to adhere

   Synonym: adherir

3. (transitive) to infect; pass on; infect (a disease)

   Synonym: contaxiar

• “apegar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “apegar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “apegar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *appicāre, from Latin picāre (“smear with pitch”), from pix (“pitch”).

• Hyphenation: a‧pe‧gar

apegar (first-person singular present apego, first-person singular preterite apeguei, past participle apegado)

1. to stick, glue, cling (to)
2. to infect, contaminate

From Vulgar Latin *appicāre, from Latin picāre (“smear with pitch”), from pix (“pitch”).

• IPA^(key): /apeˈɡaɾ/ [a.peˈɣ̞aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧pe‧gar

apegar (first-person singular present apego, first-person singular preterite apegué, past participle apegado)

1. (obsolete) to glue

   Synonym: pegar

2. (takes a reflexive pronoun, with preposition a) to become devoted, to become attached

• “apegar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014