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pelar.

to peel (fruits, vegetables)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Español language

Meaning & usage

verb/peˈlaɾ/[peˈlaɾ]
  1. to peel (fruits, vegetables)

  2. to skin (an animal)

  3. to shell (nuts, shellfish)

  4. to unwrap

  5. to pluck (a bird)

  6. to cut the hair of

  7. to spread negative gossip, run down, criticise somebody

    transitive
  8. to exfoliate

  9. to steal

    colloquial
  10. to fleece

    colloquial
  11. to notice someone, to pay attention to someone

    Mexico · colloquial · especially · transitive
  12. translated with "not care"

    Spain · vulgar
  13. to have one's hair cut

    reflexive
  14. to lose one's hair, to go bald

    reflexive
  15. to peel (of skin, from the sun, etc.)

    reflexive
  16. to fray (rope, wire)

    reflexive
  17. to strip (to remove the insulation from a wire/cable)

    Hay que pelar el cable para poder conectarlo al conector.
  18. (Chile) to steal

    reflexive
  19. (Chile) to flirt

    reflexive
  20. (Chile) to make out with a stranger at a social event

    reflexive
Where this word comes from

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

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