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/Sounds like "peh" (as in "pet") + "GAHR" (as in "garden")/

Meaning

To catch on, become popular, or succeed widely and quickly. When something pega, it resonates with the public and spreads fast: a song, a business idea, a phrase, and suddenly everyone is talking about it.

Examples

That song hit big this summer all across Latin America.

The business took off from the very first month and they had to hire more staff.

Regional synonyms

/Sounds like "peh" (as in "pet") + "GAHR" (as in "garden")/

Meaning

When a song becomes massively popular and gets played absolutely everywhere nonstop. That track that's on the radio, in the taxi, at the supermarket, and you're humming without realizing because it's already stuck in your head.

Examples

That song blew up hard, I hear it everywhere.

If that track hits, he's gonna be a millionaire.

Word family
Regional synonyms
Bandera de España
Petarlo

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Caught red-handed, doing something wrong at exactly the wrong moment, with no way to deny it or make excuses. You were seen. That is it.