peg

peg(
pehg
)
A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling or idea (e.g. man, dog, house).
noun
1. (hook)
a. el gancho
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
(M)
Phoebe took her coat off the peg by the door before leaving the house.Phoebe tom贸 su abrigo del gancho que est谩 junto a la puerta antes de salir de la casa.
b. el colgador
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
(M)
George hung his hat on a peg and took a seat.George colg贸 su sombrero en un colgador y se sent贸.
2. (clothespin) (United Kingdom)
a. la pinza
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
(F)
Sarah leaves the pegs on the clothes line even when there isn't any washing drying.Sarah deja las pinzas en el tendedero a煤n cuando no hay ropa sec谩ndose.
b. el broche
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
(M)
Regionalism used in Argentina
(Argentina)
I can't get any more clothes on the line and I don't have enough pegs.No me cabe m谩s ropa en el tendedero y me faltan broches.
3. (musical instruments)
a. la clavija
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
(F)
Angie turned the pegs on her guitar to tune it.Angie gir贸 las clavijas de su guitarra para afinarla.
4. (cylindrical piece)
a. la clavija
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
(F)
The climber wedged a peg into a crack on the face of the mountain.El escalador encaj贸 una clavija en una grieta en la pared de la monta帽a.
5. (stake)
a. la estaca
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
(F)
Melvin secured the tent with pegs spaced a meter apart.Melvin asegur贸 la tienda de campa帽a con estacas espaciadas un metro de distancia.
b. la estaquilla
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
(F)
We used five pegs to secure our tent.Utilizamos cinco estaquillas para asegurar la tienda de campa帽a.
A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g. I bought a book.).
transitive verb
6. (to attach)
a. sujetar
I hope you pegged the tent down well. There's a storm coming.Espero que hayas sujetado bien la tienda de campa帽a. Se aproxima una tormenta.
b. asegurar
It started to rain as soon as I finished pegging the tent.Empez贸 a llover en cuanto asegur茅 la tienda de campa帽a.
c. fijar
Helen pegged the tent to keep it from blowing away.Helen fij贸 el toldo para que el viento no se lo llevara.
7. (to fix)
a. fijar
The Federal Reserve pegged the rate at close to 0% for over 80 months.La Reserva Federal fij贸 la tasa cerca del 0% por m谩s de 80 meses.
b. congelar
The government decided to peg the price of wheat.El gobierno decidi贸 congelar el precio del trigo.
8. (to link)
a. vincular
Our mortgage interest rate is pegged to the interbank rate.Nuestra tasa de inter茅s de la hipoteca est谩 vinculada a la tasa interbancaria.
b. ajustar
The labor organization wants to peg increases in the minimum wage to inflation.La organizaci贸n de trabajadores quiere ajustar los aumentos en el salario m铆nimo a la inflaci贸n.
9. (to categorize; often used with "as")
Regionalism used in the United States
(United States)
a. encasillar
Thomas pegged Nancy as a conservative.Thomas encasill贸 a Nancy de conservadora.
b. etiquetar
I never pegged you as a ballet fan.Nunca te etiquet茅 de aficionado al ballet.
c. catalogar
I pegged him as a crank within the first minute I met him.Lo catalogu茅 de cascarrabias al primer minuto de haberlo conocido.
10. (to hang) (United Kingdom)
a. tender
I need to go peg the washing out so it'll dry before the sun goes down.Necesito salir a tender la ropa para que se seque antes de que se ponga el sol.
11.
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
(colloquial)
(to throw)
a. darle duro
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
(colloquial)
The baseball batter pegged one of the runners on the head.El bateador de b茅isbol le dio duro a uno de los corredores en la cabeza.
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peg
A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling or idea (e.g. man, dog, house).
Noun
1. (pin for fastening)
a. la clavija
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
(F)
2. (for coat, hat)
a. el colgador
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
(M)
(clothes) pegpinza f
(tent) pegclavija f, estaquilla f
to buy clothes off the pegcomprar ropa pr锚t-脿-porter
to take somebody down a peg (or two)bajarle a alguien los humos
A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g. I bought a book.).
transitive verb
3. (fasten)
a.
to peg something in placefijar algo con clavijas
to peg the washing on the linetender la ropa (con pinzas)
4. (prices)
a. fijar
to peg something to the rate of inflationajustar algo al 铆ndice de inflaci贸n
peg [peɡ]
noun
1 (in ground, tent peg) estaca (f); (clothes peg) pinza (f); broche (m); (LAm) (Mús) (tuning peg) clavija (f); (in board game) ficha (f); (in barrel) estaquilla (f); (Croquet) piquete (m); (Climbing) clavija (f)
he builds furniture using wooden pegs instead of nails the door was always secured by a peg pushed through a metal hasp a hair clip, one of those with a peg through a small circle of olive-wood we make a little bone peg and carve it and plug it into the amputation stump he had driven in pegs and used a rope to mark off the circle the noise of the hammer striking the steel pegs hammer the pegs in with a mallet I carved a tuning peg and strung it with piano wire pegs are placed in all holes on the board except the middle when a player moves his pegs to the last and winning hole, the game is over just crank up your hearing aid a peg or two this brought the excitement down by several pegs to [use] pegs
to take or bring sb down a peg (or two) bajar los humos or el copete a algn (informal)
he needs taking down a peg or two it's time he was brought down a peg or two he probably told them I was out to seduce you, and needed to be brought down a peg some will thrive on encouragement, others sometimes require taking down a peg if we leaked some of the information we have on him, that would bring him down a peg or two
2 (for coat, hat) gancho (m); colgador (m)
your coat? - it's hanging on the peg in the hall his work jacket hung on the peg in the kitchen
off the peg (Britain) confeccionado; de confección; an off-the-peg suit un traje confeccionado or de confección; he always buys clothes off the peg siempre compra ropa confeccionada or de confección
3 (pretext) pretexto (m)
use the new law as a peg for the question utiliza la nueva ley como pretexto para hacer la pregunta
this latest revelation about her was the peg for the interview Locke used patriarchy as a peg for his theories on ecclesiastical and political authoritarianism
a peg on which to hang a theory un punto de apoyo para justificar una teoría
it was just a peg on which to hang personal rivalries memory often works better if we think of pegs to hang things on some issues may be merely pegs on which to hang individual hostilities he gives evidence which provides a peg on which all the circumstantial evidence can be hung
transitive verb
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 or estabilizar las tasas en el 9%
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
(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 or cifrar sus esperanzas en algo
anyone who's pegged any hopes at all on a June election will be disappointed
modifier
peg leg (n) pata (f) de palo
a pirate with a peg leg
Collins Complete Spanish Electronic Dictionary 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 2011
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