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Bandera de Chile

/Sounds like "PEH" (as in "pet" without "t") + "gah" (as in "garden")/

A job or work in Chile. 'Finding pega' means getting a job and 'being without pega' means being unemployed. It's the standard Chilean word for employment.

Example

"I found a new pega downtown."

"I've been looking for pega for months and nothing good comes up."

Word family
Anónimo

Afanar

Bandera de España

Trabajar mucho, esforzarse intensamente y darle duro a la chamba sin parar en España. Es meter horas extras y sudar la gota gorda para sacar el trabajo adelante sin quejarse.