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/Sounds like "PEH" (as in "pet") + "geh" (as in "get")/

Meaning

In Central America (Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua), social magnetism or the ability to attract people, especially romantically. Having pegue means people are drawn to you.

Examples

That guy has pegue - everyone is after him.

The song got pegue fast, it's playing everywhere now.

Regional synonyms

To get ratio'd means your post got way more replies and criticism than likes, the internet's way of publicly voting that your take was bad. Borrowed from English social media culture but fully adopted across Spanish-speaking Twitter and X.