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.
Anagrams
Catalan
Esperanto

Bela pego (Melanerpes pulcher)
Etymology
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Pronunciation
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- IPA(key): [ˈpeɡo]
- Rhymes: -eɡo
- Hyphenation: pe‧go
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)
- variegated
- Synonyms: apigarado, multicolor, pégaro, pinto
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
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈpe.ɡu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈpe.ɡo/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈpe.ɡu/ [ˈpe.ɣu]
- Rhymes: -eɡu
- Hyphenation: pe‧go
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)
- 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
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈpe.ɡu/, /ˈpɛ.ɡu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈpe.ɡo/, /ˈpɛ.ɡo/
- Rhymes: -ɛɡu, -eɡu
- Hyphenation: pe‧go
Serbo-Croatian
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpeɡo/ [ˈpe.ɣ̞o]
- Rhymes: -eɡo
- Syllabification: pe‧go
Etymology 1
Deverbal from pegar.
Noun
pego m (plural pegos)
- (card games) a trick consisting of taking two cards from the pack instead of one
Derived terms
Further reading
- “pego”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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