Skip to main content

pegar fogo

Portuguese, verb

pegar fogo is a Portuguese verb meaning “to catch fire (become engulfed with flames)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does pegar fogo mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to catch fire (become engulfed with flames)

  2. 2

    to become chaotic

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Forms of pegar fogo

  • pego fogo first-person present singular
  • peguei fogo first-person preterite singular
  • pegado fogo participle past

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).