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
- verb To arrest someone, especially a suspected criminal.
- verb To understand or grasp something mentally.
- verb To anticipate something, usually with worry or fear.
arrest — full definition
- verb To take someone into custody under legal authority, typically on suspicion of a crime.
- verb To stop or slow down a process or movement.
- noun The act of taking someone into legal custody.