apegar
Spanish, verb/apeˈɡaɾ/
apegar is spelled A-P-E-G-A-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 25 million words in written Spanish, the 180,102nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Apegar is a Spanish verb meaning “to become devoted, to become attached” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Variante de pegar (adherir, juntar, golpear, arraigar)”.
What does apegar mean in English?
verb
- 1
obsoleteto glue
- 2
to become devoted, to become attached
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Variante de pegar (adherir, juntar, golpear, arraigar).
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of apegar
- apego first-person present singular
- apegué first-person preterite singular
- apegado participle past
- g-gu alternation
- apegando gerund
- apegada feminine participle past
- apegados masculine participle past
- apegadas feminine participle past
- apegas indicative informal present
- apegás indicative informal present
- apega indicative present singular
- apegamos first-person indicative plural
- apegáis indicative plural present
- apegan indicative plural present
- apegaba first-person imperfect indicative
- apegabas imperfect indicative second-person
- apegábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- apegabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce apegar?
- /apeˈɡaɾ/
- [a.peˈɣ̞aɾ]
- [apeˈɣ̞aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is apegar in Spanish?
apegar appears about once in every 25 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).