pegador

English

Wikispecies

Etymology

From Spanish pegador, from pegar (“to stick”).

Noun

pegador (plural pegadors)

1. (zoology, dated) A species of remora (Echeneis naucrates).

   Synonym: live sharksucker

References

• “pegador”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pe.ɡaˈdoʁ/ [pe.ɡaˈdoh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pe.ɡaˈdoʁ/ [pe.ɡaˈdoh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /pe.ɡaˈdoɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /pe.ɡaˈdoʁ/ [pe.ɡaˈdoχ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /pe.ɡaˈdoɻ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɨ.ɡɐˈdoɾ/ [pɨ.ɣɐˈðoɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɨ.ɡɐˈdoɾ/ [pɨ.ɣɐˈðoɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɨ.ɡɐˈdo.ɾi/ [pɨ.ɣɐˈðo.ɾi]

• Hyphenation: pe‧ga‧dor

Noun

pegador m (plural pegadores, feminine pegadora, feminine plural pegadoras)

1. catcher (someone who catches)
2. it (person who chases others in the game of tag)
   • 2002, Flávia Teixeira de Moraes, “Didática e linguagem” (chapter 8), in Trabalhando com a educação infantil, Canoas: ULBRA, →ISBN, Corrida do elefante, page 148:

     Desenvolvimento: a um sinal, o “pegador” sai a pegar os demais com o braço livre. Quem é tocado transforma-se também em pegador, adotando a mesma posição. Será vencedor o último a ser preso.

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Noun

pegador m (plural pegadores)

1. tongs (tool used for picking things up without touching them)
2. tag (game in which a child attempts to catch other children)

   Synonym: pega-pega

3. remora (any of various elongated fish from the family Echeneidae)

   Synonym: rémora

4. womanizer

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /peɡaˈdoɾ/ [pe.ɣ̞aˈð̞oɾ]
• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: pe‧ga‧dor

Noun

pegador m (plural pegadores)

1. fighter

   Synonyms: luchador, combatiente

2. boxer

   Synonym: boxeador

Further reading

• “pegador”, 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