pego
Portuguese, noun
pego is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “Eurasian oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of pegar. With an accent, pêgo is a different word: “pre-reform spelling (used until 1971 in Brazil and 1945 in Portugal)…”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “o ponto mais fundo de um rio, lago, etc”.
What does pego mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineEurasian oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)
noun
- 1
masculinethe bottom of the sea
- 2
masculinethe deepest point of a body of water
- 3
masculinean underwater cave
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of pegar
verb
- 1
Brazilpast participle of pegar
noun
- 1
masculinepre-reform spelling (used until 1971 in Brazil and 1945 in Portugal) of pego
verb
- 1
pre-reform spelling (used until 1971 in Brazil and 1945 in Portugal) of pego
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. vide pego
adjective: 1. diz-se de uma variedade de milho também conhecido por milho-roxo
noun: 1. o ponto mais fundo de um rio, lago, etc 2. voragem 3. abismo 4. nome que se aplica ao vento que sopra do sudoeste
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of pego
- pegos plural
- pêgo alternative
- pêgos plural
- pêga feminine
- pêgas feminine plural
- pega feminine
- pegas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is pego in Portuguese?
pego appears 28 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).