apegar
Meanings
Verb
1. to glue (obsolete)
2. to become devoted, to become attached (pronominal, with preposition a)
Examples7
Tenemos que apegarnos a las reglas.
We must conform to the rules.
El patriota se apega a sus principios morales.
The patriot sticks to his moral principles.
La ficción está obligada a apegarse a las posibilidades. La verdad no.
Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities. Truth isn't.
Yo no me apego a ninguna tendencia política en particular.
I don't adhere to any particular political tendency.
Ellos han decidido apegarse al plan original después de todo.
They have decided to stick to the original plan after all.
La torta salió bastante bien, y eso que ella no se apegó a la receta.
The cake turned out quite well, even though she hadn't stuck to the recipe.