pegarpe.gar [peg′ar]vtd+vint+vpr1 to catch, hold, grasp, get, snatch, seize, pick:
agora o peguei / I have got you:
agora você me pegou / you’ve got me there.
2 to take:
ele pegou-a pela mão / he took her by the hand:
é pegar ou largar / take it or leave it.
3 to be contagious.
4 to catch (a contagious disease).
5 to start (a car):
o carro não pega / the car won’t start.
6 to grasp, understand:
não peguei o que ele disse / I didn’t understand what he said.
7 pegar-se a) to stick to. b) to come together with. c) to adhere to.
Expressõesa planta pegou bem the plant took on well.
ele foi pego desprevenido he was caught unawares.
pegar bem/mal to be well/badly received or accepted.
pegar fogo to catch fire.
pegar um resfriado to catch a cold.
