pegador
Portuguese, noun/pe.ɡaˈdoʁ/
pegador is spelled P-E-G-A-D-O-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 40,025th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pegador is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “it (person who chases others in the game of tag)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also an agent noun of pegar.
What does pegador mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineagent noun of pegar
- 2
masculineit (person who chases others in the game of tag)
noun
- 1
masculinetongs (tool used for picking things up without touching them)
- 2
masculinehandle (part of an object which is held in the hand when used or moved)
Near-synonyms: alça, asa
- 3
Brazilmasculinetag (game in which a child attempts to catch other children)
- 4
Brazilcolloquialmasculinewomanizer
- 5
masculineremora (any of various elongated fish from the family Echeneidae)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of pegador
- pegadores plural
- pegadora feminine
- pegadoras feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pegador?
- Brazil /pe.ɡaˈdoʁ/
- Brazil [pe.ɡaˈdoh]
- /pe.ɡaˈdoɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pegador
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pegador in Portuguese?
pegador appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).