pegador

English

Etymology

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

Noun

pegador (plural pegadors)

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

Hyphenation: pe‧ga‧dor

Noun

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

catcher (someone who catches)
spaghetti tongs
tag (game in which a child attempts to catch other children)
Synonym: pega-pega
remora (any of various elongated fish from the family Echeneidae)
Synonym: rémora

Spanish

Pronunciation

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

Noun

pegador m (plural pegadores)

fighter
Synonyms: luchador, combatiente
boxer
Synonym: boxeador

Further reading

“pegador”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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