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coger — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • apprehend verb To arrest someone, especially a suspected criminal.
  • arrest verb To take someone into custody under legal authority, typically on suspicion of a crime.
  • bone noun One of the hard, calcium-rich pieces that make up the skeleton of humans and most animals.
  • catch verb To capture or seize something moving, such as a ball or a fleeing person.
  • do verb To perform or carry out an action or task.
  • get verb To come to have or receive something; to obtain.
  • gore noun Blood, especially clotted or thickened blood from a wound, or graphic depictions of violence.
  • hook up phrasal verb To have a casual sexual encounter with someone, usually without being in a relationship with them.
  • obtain verb To get or acquire something, often through effort or a formal process.
  • retrieve verb To get something back, especially something that was lost, stored, or left somewhere.
  • screw noun A metal fastener with a spiral thread, driven in with a twisting motion to hold materials together.
  • take verb To reach out and get hold of something, or to remove or carry it away.
  • understand verb To grasp the meaning of something.

Senses

coger is used for these senses in English:

  • apprehend To take hold of (something) with understanding; to conceive (something) in the mind; to become cognizant of; to understand.
  • bone (vulgar, slang, usually of a man, ambitransitive) To have sexual intercourse (with).
  • catch (transitive) To capture or snare (someone or something which would rather escape). [from 13thc.]
  • catch (transitive) To seize or intercept an object moving through the air (or, sometimes, some other medium). [from 16thc.]
  • do (transitive, slang) To have sex with. (See also do it)
  • get (archaic) To learn; to commit to memory; to memorize; sometimes with out.
  • get (intransitive, obsolete) To make acquisitions; to gain; to profit.
  • get laid (slang, transitive, often, vulgar) To cause to have sex.

apprehend — full definition

  1. verb To arrest someone, especially a suspected criminal.
  2. verb To understand or grasp something mentally.
  3. verb To anticipate something, usually with worry or fear.

arrest — full definition

  1. verb To take someone into custody under legal authority, typically on suspicion of a crime.
  2. verb To stop or slow down a process or movement.
  3. noun The act of taking someone into legal custody.

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