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yo pegaba

hit, was hitting, beat, beat down, shine on

→ pegar
peg to hit, to strike + aba imperfect indicative/subjunctive, 1st or 3rd person singular
verb · 1st-person singular / 3rd-person singular, imperfect tense Rare #27,130
hit, was hitting, beat
SP: El niño pegaba a la puerta con los puños.
EN: The boy was hitting the door with his fists.
beat down, shine on
SP: El sol pegaba en la ventana toda la tarde.
EN: The sun beat down on the window all afternoon.
stuck to, clung to
SP: Ella se pegaba a su amiga mientras caminaban.
EN: She clung to her friend as they walked.
fit, go with
SP: Ese color no pegaba con el resto de la ropa.
EN: That color didn’t go with the rest of the clothes.
Conjugation of pegar
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
First pegaba —
Third pegaba —
Subjunctive imperfect
SingularPlural
First pegaba —
Third pegaba —

¿A tu hermana también le pegaba?

Did he hit your sister too?

Me pegaba tanto que me aguanto mi espalda todo el tiempo.

He hit me so hard that I had to hold my back all the time.

— Fue solo un accidente (2025)

El sol de verano pegaba en nuestra frente.

The summer sun beat down on our foreheads.

Le pegaba a ella.

He used to hit her.

— Estación central (1998)

Creo que pegaba a su hija.

I think he hit his daughter.

— Divorzio all'italiana (1961)

La diferencia está en que el hermano no le daba agua, sino que le pegaba.

The difference is that the brother didn't give him water, but instead beat him.

— El espejo (1975)

Las pegaba buenas, ¿no?

He used to hit some good ones, didn’t he?

— Rudo y Cursi (2008)

Tom no pegaba ni con cola.

Tom didn't fit in at all.

¡Cuando yo tenía tu edad, yo pegaba a mis amigos!

When I was your age, I used to hit my friends!

— Malena (2000)

¿Te pegaba?

Did he hit you?

— Chicago (2002)

Le pegaba a mi hijo.

He used to hit my son.

— Crímenes de familia (2020)

Antes María pegaba a sus hijos.

Maria used to hit her children.

Se les pegaba a los hombres cuando bailaba.

They would get close to the men when they danced.

— मुन्ना भाई एम बी बी एस (2003)

Claro, cuando papá le pegaba nada más llegar del bar.

Of course, when Dad would hit him as soon as he got home from the bar.

— Oh Boy (2012)