pegadizo

Spanish

Etymology

From pegado +‎ -izo. Compare Portuguese pegadiço.

Adjective

pegadizo (feminine pegadiza, masculine plural pegadizos, feminine plural pegadizas)

1. sticky
2. catchy
3. infectious

Further reading

• “pegadizo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28