Pegar Conjugation | How to Conjugate Pegar in Spanish

Pegar means “to stick,” “to glue,” “to hit,” “to paste,” or “to match.” You will learn its g → gu spelling change and its major transitive and intransitive patterns.

Pegar conjugation at a glance

Verb type: Irregular. Linguistically, pegar keeps regular -AR endings but changes g → gu before e, preserving the hard g sound in pegué and present subjunctive pegue / peguemos / peguéis.

Pegar gerund, past participle, and infinitive

The infinitive names the verb, the gerund supports progressive constructions, and the participle pegado combines with haber in compound tenses.

Form	Spanish	Natural English guide
Infinitive	pegar	to stick / glue / hit
Gerund	pegando	sticking / gluing / hitting
Past participle	pegado	stuck / glued / hit

Pegar meaning and essential uses

RAE first records pegar for joining one thing to another with an adhesive and also for placing things tightly together. It also records striking/hitting and computer “paste.”

Intransitive uses include pegar con for matching or harmonizing and physical sticking/adhering. This lesson favors neutral examples such as gluing, pasting, matching, and contact.

Pegar spelling and conjugation pattern

Most forms use peg-. Before endings beginning with e, spelling changes to pegu-: pegué, pegue, peguemos, peguéis.

This is orthographic, not a stem-vowel change. Present remains pego / pegas; gerund and participle are pegando / pegado.

Pegar indicative and periphrastic conjugations

Pegar present tense conjugation

Present indicative (el presente de indicativo) — Use it for current situations, habits, facts, and contextually near-future reference. The table uses the verified paradigm.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	pego	I stick / glue / hit
Tú — you, singular informal	pegas	you stick / glue / hit
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	pega	he / she sticks / glues / hits; you stick / glue / hit (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	pegamos	we stick / glue / hit
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	pegáis	you stick / glue / hit (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	pegan	they stick / glue / hit; you stick / glue / hit (plural)

• Pego la etiqueta en la caja. — I stick the label on the box.

Pegar preterite conjugation

Preterite (el pretérito perfecto simple / pretérito indefinido) — Use it for completed or bounded past events. First-person singular is pegué: g → gu before e preserves the hard g sound.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	pegué	I stuck / glued / hit
Tú — you, singular informal	pegaste	you stuck / glued / hit
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	pegó	he / she stuck / glued / hit; you stuck / glued / hit (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	pegamos	we stuck / glued / hit
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	pegasteis	you stuck / glued / hit (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	pegaron	they stuck / glued / hit; you stuck / glued / hit (plural)

• Ayer pegué las fotos en el álbum. — Yesterday I glued the photos into the album.

Pegar imperfect conjugation

Imperfect (el pretérito imperfecto) — Use it for habitual, descriptive, background, or ongoing past situations. Form it with the appropriate form of haber plus invariant pegado.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	pegaba	I used to stick / glue / hit
Tú — you, singular informal	pegabas	you used to stick / glue / hit
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	pegaba	he / she used to stick / glue / hit; you used to stick / glue / hit (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	pegábamos	we used to stick / glue / hit
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	pegabais	you used to stick / glue / hit (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	pegaban	they used to stick / glue / hit; you used to stick / glue / hit (plural)

• Antes pegábamos los avisos en esa pared. — We used to stick the notices on that wall.

Pegar present progressive

Present progressive — This verbal periphrasis focuses on an action or process in progress. Form it with present estar plus pegando.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	estoy pegando	I am sticking / gluing / hitting
Tú — you, singular informal	estás pegando	you are sticking / gluing / hitting
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	está pegando	he / she is sticking / gluing / hitting; you are sticking / gluing / hitting (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	estamos pegando	we are sticking / gluing / hitting
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	estáis pegando	you are sticking / gluing / hitting (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	están pegando	they are sticking / gluing / hitting; you are sticking / gluing / hitting (plural)

• Estoy pegando una etiqueta nueva. — I am attaching a new label.

Pegar near future conjugation

Near future — This verbal periphrasis expresses an intention, plan, or expected event. Form it with present ir + a + pegar.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	voy a pegar	I am going to stick / glue / hit
Tú — you, singular informal	vas a pegar	you are going to stick / glue / hit
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	va a pegar	he / she is going to stick / glue / hit; you are going to stick / glue / hit (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	vamos a pegar	we are going to stick / glue / hit
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	vais a pegar	you are going to stick / glue / hit (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	van a pegar	they are going to stick / glue / hit; you are going to stick / glue / hit (plural)

• Voy a pegar el texto en el documento. — I am going to paste the text into the document.

Pegar future tense conjugation

Simple future (el futuro simple) — Use it for future reference and, where useful, probability. The table uses the verified paradigm.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	pegaré	I will stick / glue / hit
Tú — you, singular informal	pegarás	you will stick / glue / hit
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	pegará	he / she will stick / glue / hit; you will stick / glue / hit (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	pegaremos	we will stick / glue / hit
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	pegaréis	you will stick / glue / hit (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	pegarán	they will stick / glue / hit; you will stick / glue / hit (plural)

• Pegaremos las piezas mañana. — We will glue the pieces tomorrow.

Pegar conditional conjugation

Conditional (el condicional simple) — Use it for hypothetical outcomes, softened statements, or related conditional meanings. The table uses the verified paradigm.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	pegaría	I would stick / glue / hit
Tú — you, singular informal	pegarías	you would stick / glue / hit
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	pegaría	he / she would stick / glue / hit; you would stick / glue / hit (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	pegaríamos	we would stick / glue / hit
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	pegaríais	you would stick / glue / hit (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	pegarían	they would stick / glue / hit; you would stick / glue / hit (plural)

• Pegaría la etiqueta un poco más arriba. — I would stick the label a little higher.

Pegar present perfect conjugation

Present perfect (el pretérito perfecto compuesto) — Use it for completed events connected to a present reference frame; regional distribution varies. Form it with the appropriate form of haber plus invariant pegado.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	he pegado	I have stuck / glued / hit
Tú — you, singular informal	has pegado	you have stuck / glued / hit
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	ha pegado	he / she has stuck / glued / hit; you have stuck / glued / hit (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	hemos pegado	we have stuck / glued / hit
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	habéis pegado	you have stuck / glued / hit (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	han pegado	they have stuck / glued / hit; you have stuck / glued / hit (plural)

• He pegado todas las fotos. — I have glued all the photos.

Pegar past perfect conjugation

Past perfect (el pretérito pluscuamperfecto) — Use it for an event completed before another past reference point. Form it with the appropriate form of haber plus invariant pegado.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	había pegado	I had stuck / glued / hit
Tú — you, singular informal	habías pegado	you had stuck / glued / hit
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	había pegado	he / she had stuck / glued / hit; you had stuck / glued / hit (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	habíamos pegado	we had stuck / glued / hit
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	habíais pegado	you had stuck / glued / hit (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	habían pegado	they had stuck / glued / hit; you had stuck / glued / hit (plural)

• Ya habíamos pegado las piezas. — We had already glued the pieces.

Pegar future perfect conjugation

Future perfect (el futuro perfecto) — Use it for an event expected to be completed before a future reference point. Form it with the appropriate form of haber plus invariant pegado.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	habré pegado	I will have stuck / glued / hit
Tú — you, singular informal	habrás pegado	you will have stuck / glued / hit
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	habrá pegado	he / she will have stuck / glued / hit; you will have stuck / glued / hit (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	habremos pegado	we will have stuck / glued / hit
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	habréis pegado	you will have stuck / glued / hit (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	habrán pegado	they will have stuck / glued / hit; you will have stuck / glued / hit (plural)

• Para entonces habrán pegado todas las etiquetas. — By then they will have attached all the labels.

Pegar conditional perfect conjugation

Conditional perfect (el condicional compuesto) — Use it for a hypothetical completed outcome. Form it with the appropriate form of haber plus invariant pegado.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	habría pegado	I would have stuck / glued / hit
Tú — you, singular informal	habrías pegado	you would have stuck / glued / hit
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	habría pegado	he / she would have stuck / glued / hit; you would have stuck / glued / hit (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	habríamos pegado	we would have stuck / glued / hit
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	habríais pegado	you would have stuck / glued / hit (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	habrían pegado	they would have stuck / glued / hit; you would have stuck / glued / hit (plural)

• Habría pegado el cartel en otra pared. — I would have stuck the poster on another wall.

Pegar subjunctive conjugations

Pegar present subjunctive conjugation

Present subjunctive (el presente de subjuntivo) — Use it in subordinate environments involving wishes, influence, emotion, doubt or denial, evaluation, necessity, possibility, or non-specific reference. Present subjunctive uses pegu- throughout: pegue, peguemos, peguéis.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	pegue	that I stick / glue / hit
Tú — you, singular informal	pegues	that you stick / glue / hit
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	pegue	that he / she stick / glue / hit; that you stick / glue / hit (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	peguemos	that we stick / glue / hit
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	peguéis	that you stick / glue / hit (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	peguen	that they stick / glue / hit; that you stick / glue / hit (plural)

• Quiero que pegues esta etiqueta aquí. — I want you to stick this label here.

Pegar imperfect subjunctive conjugation

Imperfect subjunctive (el imperfecto de subjuntivo) — The main table uses the -ra series. The accepted -se series is also valid in many contexts and is demonstrated after the table. Form it with the appropriate form of haber plus invariant pegado.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	pegara	that I stuck / glued / hit
Tú — you, singular informal	pegaras	that you stuck / glued / hit
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	pegara	that he / she stuck / glued / hit; that you stuck / glued / hit (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	pegáramos	that we stuck / glued / hit
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	pegarais	that you stuck / glued / hit (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	pegaran	that they stuck / glued / hit; that you stuck / glued / hit (plural)

• Preferían que pegáramos las piezas después. — They preferred that we glue the pieces later.
• Era mejor que pegases el texto sin formato. — It was better for you to paste the text without formatting.

Pegar future subjunctive conjugation

Future subjunctive (el futuro de subjuntivo) — Rare in modern everyday Spanish. It survives mainly in formal, legal, proverbial, literary, or historical contexts. These rare reference forms belong mainly to formal, legal, proverbial, literary, or historical registers.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	pegare	if / when I should stick / glue / hit
Tú — you, singular informal	pegares	if / when you should stick / glue / hit
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	pegare	if / when he / she should stick / glue / hit; if / when you should stick / glue / hit (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	pegáremos	if / when we should stick / glue / hit
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	pegareis	if / when you should stick / glue / hit (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	pegaren	if / when they should stick / glue / hit; if / when you should stick / glue / hit (plural)

• Quien pegare material sobre esta superficie deberá retirarlo después. — Whoever should stick material on this surface must remove it afterward.

Pegar present perfect subjunctive conjugation

Present perfect subjunctive (el pretérito perfecto de subjuntivo) — Use it when a completed event appears inside a present- or future-oriented subjunctive environment. Form it with the appropriate form of haber plus invariant pegado.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	haya pegado	that I have stuck / glued / hit
Tú — you, singular informal	hayas pegado	that you have stuck / glued / hit
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	haya pegado	that he / she has stuck / glued / hit; that you have stuck / glued / hit (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	hayamos pegado	that we have stuck / glued / hit
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	hayáis pegado	that you have stuck / glued / hit (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	hayan pegado	that they have stuck / glued / hit; that you have stuck / glued / hit (plural)

• Me alegra que hayas pegado bien la etiqueta. — I am glad that you attached the label properly.

Pegar past perfect subjunctive conjugation

Past perfect subjunctive (el pluscuamperfecto de subjuntivo) — The main table uses hubiera; hubiese is an accepted auxiliary alternative in many contexts and is demonstrated after the table. Form it with the appropriate form of haber plus invariant pegado.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	hubiera pegado	that I had stuck / glued / hit
Tú — you, singular informal	hubieras pegado	that you had stuck / glued / hit
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	hubiera pegado	that he / she had stuck / glued / hit; that you had stuck / glued / hit (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	hubiéramos pegado	that we had stuck / glued / hit
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	hubierais pegado	that you had stuck / glued / hit (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	hubieran pegado	that they had stuck / glued / hit; that you had stuck / glued / hit (plural)

• Si hubiera pegado la foto antes, ya estaría seca. — If I had glued the photo earlier, it would already be dry.
• Si hubieses pegado el texto en otro campo, habría que moverlo. — If you had pasted the text into another field, it would need to be moved.

Pegar future perfect subjunctive conjugation

Future perfect subjunctive (el futuro perfecto de subjuntivo) — Rare in modern everyday Spanish. Treat it as a formal or historical reference form, not an everyday conversational target. Form it with the appropriate form of haber plus invariant pegado.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	hubiere pegado	if / when I should have stuck / glued / hit
Tú — you, singular informal	hubieres pegado	if / when you should have stuck / glued / hit
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	hubiere pegado	if / when he / she should have stuck / glued / hit; if / when you should have stuck / glued / hit (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	hubiéremos pegado	if / when we should have stuck / glued / hit
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	hubiereis pegado	if / when you should have stuck / glued / hit (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	hubieren pegado	if / when they should have stuck / glued / hit; if / when you should have stuck / glued / hit (plural)

• Si hubieren pegado carteles adicionales, deberán retirarlos. — If they should have posted additional signs, they must remove them.

Pegar imperative and commands

Commands address another person directly. The nosotros/nosotras row has exhortative “let’s…” value.

Pegar affirmative commands

Use the verified affirmative command forms for direct instructions when the target meaning supports them naturally.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Tú — you, singular informal	pega	stick
Usted — you, singular formal	pegue	stick (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we; let’s…	peguemos	let’s stick
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	pegad	stick (plural)
Ustedes — you, plural	peguen	stick (plural formal)

• Pega la etiqueta en la esquina. — Stick the label in the corner.

Pegar negative commands

Negative commands use no plus the subjunctive-based form.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Tú — you, singular informal	no pegues	do not stick
Usted — you, singular formal	no pegue	do not stick (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we; let’s…	no peguemos	let’s not stick
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	no peguéis	do not stick (plural)
Ustedes — you, plural	no peguen	do not stick (plural formal)

• No pegues el cartel sobre esa señal. — Do not stick the poster over that sign.

Common constructions with Pegar

These patterns capture the most useful complements and lexical frames.

• pegar algo a/en + surface. — to stick / glue something to or on a surface.
• pegar texto / datos. — to paste text / data in computing.
• pegar con + clothing/color/style. — to match / go well with something.
• pegar un golpe / pegar a alguien. — to hit / strike; context and object structure vary.

Example sentences with Pegar

These examples reinforce common usage.

• Pega la foto aquí. — Stick the photo here.
• Ese color no pega con la camisa. — That color does not match the shirt.
• Copia y pega el texto. — Copy and paste the text.
• Espero que pegues bien las dos piezas. — I hope you glue the two pieces properly.
• Han pegado una etiqueta nueva. — They have attached a new label.
• No pegues nada sobre la pantalla. — Do not stick anything on the screen.

Regional and usage notes for Pegar

The core tables retain tú, usted, vosotros/vosotras, and ustedes; voseo is noted separately where relevant.

• Vos pegás la etiqueta aquí. — You stick the label here. (voseo)
• Pegá la foto en esta página. — Glue the photo onto this page. (affirmative vos command)

Pegar is regular except for the spelling rule g → gu before e. Memorize pegué / pegue / peguemos, then organize its many meanings by construction and context.