apegar

== Catalan == === Etymology === From a- +‎ pegar. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ə.pəˈɣa] IPA(key): (Valencia) [a.peˈɣaɾ] === Verb === apegar (first-person singular present apego, first-person singular preterite apeguí, past participle apegat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencia) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/ (dialectal) to glue, to stick Synonym: enganxar to transmit, to infect Synonym: contagiar ==== Conjugation ==== === Further reading === “apegar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 == Galician == === Etymology === From a- +‎ pegar. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /apeˈɣaɾ/ === Verb === apegar (first-person singular present apego, first-person singular preterite apeguei, past participle apegado) (transitive) to glue Synonym: colar (transitive) to adhere Synonym: adherir (transitive) to infect; pass on; infect (a disease) Synonym: contaxiar ==== Conjugation ==== === References === Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “apegar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “apegar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “apegar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN == Ladino == === Verb === apegar to stick, glue to infect to become attached ==== Conjugation ==== == Portuguese == === Etymology === Inherited from Vulgar Latin *appicāre, from Latin picāre (“smear with pitch”), from pix (“pitch”). === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: a‧pe‧gar === Verb === apegar (first-person singular present apego, first-person singular preterite apeguei, past participle apegado) to stick, glue, cling (to) to infect, contaminate ==== Conjugation ==== === Further reading === “apegar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “apegar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === From Vulgar Latin *appicāre, from Latin picāre (“smear with pitch”), from pix (“pitch”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /apeˈɡaɾ/ [a.peˈɣ̞aɾ] Rhymes: -aɾ Syllabification: a‧pe‧gar === Verb === apegar (first-person singular present apego, first-person singular preterite apegué, past participle apegado) (obsolete) to glue Synonym: pegar (pronominal, with preposition a) to become devoted, to become attached ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “apegar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025