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pelar.

to peel, to skin

5 characters2 syllables approx.Català language

Meaning & usage

verb[pəˈla]Balearic, Central, Northern[peˈlaɾ]Valencia[peˈla]Northwestern

  1. to peel, to skin

    Balearic · Central · Northern · Northwestern · Valencia · transitive
    pelar amb un ganivet

  2. to bite, to sting (of cold)

    Balearic · Central · Northern · Northwestern · Valencia · figuratively · intransitive
    Hi fa un fred que pela.

  3. to be freezing

    Balearic · Central · Northern · Northwestern · Valencia · figuratively · pronominal
    Em pelo de fred.

  4. to clean out (to take money from)

    Balearic · Central · Northern · Northwestern · Valencia · figuratively · transitive

  5. to kill

    Balearic · Central · Northern · Northwestern · Valencia · slang · transitive
    Si crides et pelaré!
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Latin pilāre (“to deprive of hair”).

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