What does “pega con” mean in Spanish?

Elegir la gorra adecuada para ir a la playa

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A2 Spanish listening practice · Spanish from Spain · Curated for beginners

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pegar con
Spanish style verb
“to go with, to match” (colors, clothes)

Ask whether a cap goes with an outfit and Spanish says pega con: no pega con mi outfit means “it doesn’t match my outfit.” Pegar usually means to hit or to stick, but with con it becomes a verdict on style: do these things look right together? It works for colors, clothes, furniture, even songs at a party.

The speaker likes her brown cap but decides not to bring it to the beach because no pega with her black and brown look. The negative is the more common use: eso no pega ni con cola (“that doesn’t go with anything,” literally “not even with glue”). The positive is pega mucho con tus ojos, “it goes really well with your eyes.”

Vocabulary frequency

How common is the vocabulary in this A2 Spanish listening practice listening practice?

75%
of words are in the top 2,000 most common Spanish words
Based on this reel’s transcript, most of the vocabulary is high-frequency, everyday Spanish.

General Spanish frequency

72.2%
Top 1,000
75%
Top 2,000
83.3%
Top 5,000

Spoken Spanish frequency

92.9%
Top 1,000
96.4%
Top 2,000
100%
Top 5,000
👄 Conversational vocabulary
This reel’s words appear more often in subtitle-based spoken-Spanish data than in general usage, so it may feel closer to everyday conversation.

Words above this video’s level

Quick glosses for vocabulary that goes beyond this video’s A2 level.

outfit
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
(slang) outfit
protegerte
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000Common in speech
gorra
5×
Rare / outside top 5,000
cap
mmm
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
hmm (sound of thought)
marrón
2×
Top 5,000
brown

Source: wordfreq 3.1.1 (general) · SUBTLEX-ESP 2011 (spoken). Buckets approximate; exact ranks not stored.

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