coger
Spanish, verb/koˈxeɾ/
coger is spelled C-O-G-E-R (5 letters) and appears 22 times per million words in written Spanish, the 3,683rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Coger is a Spanish verb meaning “to take, catch, hold, to get, to seize” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Aproximar las manos hacia algo para retenerlo”.
What does coger mean in English?
verb
- 1
to take, catch, hold, to get, to seize
Voy a coger un bus.
- 2
to pick, harvest
Coge tus llaves.
- 3
to fish
- 4
to seize, arrest; to overtake
- 5
to get (a joke)
- 6
to collect
- 7
Latin-Americavulgarto have sex, to fuck, to bang
Me la cogí.
- 8
Spainto imitate, learn
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Aproximar las manos hacia algo para retenerlo. 2. Agarrar algo con intención de usarlo. 3. Recibir. 4. Alcanzar o atrapar a alguien.
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 coger
- cojo first-person present singular
- cogí first-person preterite singular
- cogido participle past
- g-j alternation
- cogiendo gerund
- cogida feminine participle past
- cogidos masculine participle past
- cogidas feminine participle past
- coges indicative informal present
- cogés indicative informal present
- coge indicative present singular
- cogemos first-person indicative plural
- cogéis indicative plural present
- cogen indicative plural present
- cogía first-person imperfect indicative
- cogías imperfect indicative second-person
- cogíamos first-person imperfect indicative
- cogíais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce coger?
- /koˈxeɾ/
- [koˈxeɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to coger
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is coger in Spanish?
coger appears 22 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).