ellos pegan

hit, beat, match, go with

→ pegar
peg to hit, to strike + an third-person plural present
verb · 3rd-person plural, present tense Rare #37,191
hit, beat Can mean “hit each other” when used with se.
SP: Los niños pegan a la pelota.
EN: The children hit the ball.
match, go with Often used to say that colors or clothes look good together.
SP: Estos colores pegan bien.
EN: These colors go well together.
Conjugation of pegar
Indicative present
SingularPlural
First pego pegamos
Second pegas —
Third pega pegan
Subjunctive present
SingularPlural
First pego pegamos
Second pegas —
Third pega pegan

Nunca se me pegan las sábanas.

I never sleep in.

Pegan y persiguen a gente que no ha hecho nada.

They beat and persecute people who haven't done anything.

— Un Taxista (2017)

¿Por qué le pegan?

Why are they hitting him?

— मुन्ना भाई एम बी बी एस (2003)

No me estoy quejando, pero ¿por qué me pegan?

I'm not complaining, but why are they hitting me?

— Хрусталёв, машину! (1999)

Y si cuando vuelve le pegan una paliza y lo matan.

And what if, when he comes back, they beat him up and kill him?

— También la lluvia (2011)

No te pegan los zapatos con el traje.

Your shoes don't match the suit.

Me persigue la policía y a la vez los matones me pegan palizas.

The police are chasing me and at the same time thugs are beating me up.

— Asuntos infernales (2002)

De repente han empezado a gritar, dos de ellos se han levantado y casi se pegan.

Suddenly they started shouting, two of them stood up and almost hit each other.

Los colores no pegan.

The colors don't go together.