pegarse
/peˈɡaɾse/ verb B1- to stick, to cling, to adhere · La pegatina se ha pegado al cristal. The sticker has stuck to the glass.
- to catch, to be contagious (of a disease, a yawn, an accent, etc.) · Se me ha pegado el acento malagueño. I've picked up the Malaga accent.
- to get into a fight, to hit each other
- to do something intense or extensive (used with a noun or an adverbial phrase of time/distance to indicate effort or duration) · Nos pegamos un rato andando para llegar al faro. We walked for a good while to get to the lighthouse.· Me he pegado un madrugón de escándalo. I got up incredibly early.
Verb forms
- Infinitive
- pegarse
- Gerund
- pegándose
- Past participle
- pegado
An irregular verb: some of its forms don’t follow the rules, so learn them by heart.
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