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peg(
pehg
)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
1. (hook)
a. el gancho (M)
(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).
Phoebe took her coat off the peg by the door before leaving the house.Phoebe tomó su abrigo del gancho que está junto a la puerta antes de salir de la casa.
b. el colgador (M)
(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).
George hung his hat on a peg and took a seat.George colgó su sombrero en un colgador y se sentó.
a. la pinza (F)
(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).
Sarah leaves the pegs on the clothes line even when there isn't any washing drying.Sarah deja las pinzas en el tendedero aún cuando no hay ropa secándose.
b. el broche (M) (Argentina)
(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).
Regionalism used in Argentina
I can't get any more clothes on the line and I don't have enough pegs.No me cabe más ropa en el tendedero y me faltan broches.
a. la clavija (F)
(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).
Angie turned the pegs on her guitar to tune it.Angie giró las clavijas de su guitarra para afinarla.
a. la clavija (F)
(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).
The climber wedged a peg into a crack on the face of the mountain.El escalador encajó una clavija en una grieta en la pared de la montaña.
5. (stake)
a. la estaca (F)
(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).
Melvin secured the tent with pegs spaced a meter apart.Melvin aseguró la tienda de campaña con estacas espaciadas un metro de distancia.
b. la estaquilla (F)
(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).
We used five pegs to secure our tent.Utilizamos cinco estaquillas para asegurar la tienda de campaña.
A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g., I bought a book.).
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 campaña. Se aproxima una tormenta.
b. asegurar
It started to rain as soon as I finished pegging the tent.Empezó a llover en cuanto aseguré la tienda de campaña.
c. fijar
Helen pegged the tent to keep it from blowing away.Helen fijó el toldo para que el viento no se lo llevara.
7. (to fix)
8. (to link)
a. vincular
Our mortgage interest rate is pegged to the interbank rate.Nuestra tasa de interés de la hipoteca está vinculada a la tasa interbancaria.
b. ajustar
The labor organization wants to peg increases in the minimum wage to inflation.La organización de trabajadores quiere ajustar los aumentos en el salario mínimo a la inflación.
c. catalogar
I pegged him as a crank within the first minute I met him.Lo catalogué de cascarrabias al primer minuto de haberlo conocido.
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. (colloquial) (to throw)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
a. darle duro (colloquial)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
The baseball batter pegged one of the runners on the head.El bateador de béisbol le dio duro a uno de los corredores en la cabeza.
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