1 (secure) (gen) fijar; [+clothes] [+tent] fijar con estacas; sujetar con estacas figureheads, which graced ships under the bowsprit, were made in separate sections and pegged together he carves by hand, uses dovetailing and pegged mortise-and-tenon joints the Victorian house has slates pegged with nails
(on line) tender trying to peg a double sheet on a washing line on a blustery day to peg sth [on] the clothesline
2 (fix) [+prices, wages] fijar; estabilizar;at, to en the Bank wants to peg rates at 9% el banco quiere fijar estabilizar las tasas en el 9%;or
to peg wage rises to 2% surely it is not too much to peg prescription charges? UK trading profits were pegged at £40million a decision by the building societies to peg their mortgage rates lower costs and higher profits have helped peg price increases for Northern Electric's customers to 2 per cent
(link) vincular;to a they continue to peg their currencies to the dollar siguen vinculando su moneda al dólar
billions of dollars in aid are pegged to reforms in the Soviet economy wage rises have been pegged to the rate of inflation after the 1987 election he attempted to peg the pound unofficially to the mark they'll have to set the rate at which the pound is pegged to the deutschmark a pegged European currency she wants maternity payments pegged to the level of statutory sick pay to peg European currencies one against another
(informal) (categorize) [+person] encasillar here you're pegged by what you wear aquí te encasillan por la ropa que llevas
I had you pegged from the start in this country, where you're pegged by what you wear, eat, drive and read certain things will peg you in a certain position
his accent pegged him as an Englishman su acento lo delataba como inglés
once they peg you as hard to work with, no one wants you I wouldn't have pegged him as a dancer
to peg one's hopes on sth depositar cifrar sus esperanzas en algo;or
anyone who's pegged any hopes at all on a June election will be disappointed
