pego

See also: pegó and pêgo

English

Etymology

Uncertain.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈpiːɡəʊ/

Noun

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.

Anagrams

Catalan

Pronunciation

Verb

pego

  1. first-person singular present indicative of pegar

Esperanto

Bela pego (Melanerpes pulcher)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (file)
  • IPA(key): [ˈpeɡo]
  • Rhymes: -eɡo
  • Hyphenation: pe‧go

Noun

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

  1. woodpecker

Hyponyms

Galician

Etymology 1

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

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

References

Verb

pego

  1. first-person singular present indicative of pegar

Ido

Noun

pego (plural pegi)

  1. 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)

  1. Eurasian oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)

Etymology 2

From Old Galician-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)

  1. the bottom of the sea
  2. the deepest point of a body of water
  3. 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

  1. first-person singular present indicative of pegar

Pronunciation

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

  • Rhymes: -ɛɡu, -eɡu
  • Hyphenation: pe‧go

Participle

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

  1. (Brazil) past participle of pegar

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

pego (Cyrillic spelling пего)

  1. vocative singular of pega

Spanish

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Deverbal from pegar.

Noun

pego m (plural pegos)

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

Verb

pego

  1. first-person singular present indicative of pegar

Further reading

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