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    From a- +‎ pegar.

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    apegar (first-person singular present apego, first-person singular preterite apeguí, past participle apegat); root stress: (Northern) /e̞/; (Balearic) /ə/; (Central) /ɛ/; (Northwestern, Valencia) /e/

    1. (dialectal) to glue, to stick
      Synonym: enganxar
    2. to transmit, to infect
      Synonym: contagiar

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    Galician

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      From a- + pegar.

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      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

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      apegar

      1. to stick, glue
      2. to infect
      3. to become attached

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      Portuguese

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      Inherited from Vulgar Latin *appicāre, from Latin picāre (smear with pitch), from pix (pitch).

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      • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.pɨˈɡaɾ/ [ɐ.pɨˈɣaɾ]
        • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.pɨˈɡa.ɾi/

      • Hyphenation: a‧pe‧gar

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      apegar (first-person singular present apego, first-person singular preterite apeguei, past participle apegado)

      1. to stick, glue, cling (to)
      2. to infect, contaminate

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      Spanish

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      Etymology

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      From Vulgar Latin *appicāre, from Latin picāre (smear with pitch), from pix (pitch).

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      • IPA(key): /apeˈɡaɾ/ [a.peˈɣ̞aɾ]
      • Rhymes: -aɾ
      • Syllabification: a‧pe‧gar

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      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

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