Polyglot Dictionary

plegar

/pleˈɣaɾ/

verb C1

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

present (yo)
pliego
preterite (yo)
plegué
past participle
plegado

Meaning

  1. to fold

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive

Similar words

replegar

replegar is more about folding back, or retreating militarily; plegar is more general folding.

doblar

plegar and doblar are close synonyms for "to fold"; doblar also separately means "to turn."

Similar in other languages

French

plier

plier is the French word for the same thing — both mean "to fold."

Portuguese

dobrar

dobrar is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "to fold."

Practice

1 What does plegar mean?

2 Which fingerprint chart matches plegar?

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