apegar

From a- +‎ pegar.

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

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

• 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

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. (pronominal, with preposition a) to become devoted, to become attached

• “apegar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28