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pelear.

to fight (to contend in physical conflict)

6 characters2 syllables approx.Español language

Meaning & usage

verb/peleˈaɾ/[pe.leˈaɾ]
  1. to fight (to contend in physical conflict)

    intransitive
  2. to fight, to argue

    intransitive
  3. to fight for, to struggle against

    intransitive
  4. to mutually fight

    reflexive
  5. to discord or dispute; to become enemies

    broadly · reflexive
  6. to lose or stop, temporally or definitively, a friendship, partnership, etc.

    broadly · reflexive
Where this word comes from

From pelo (“hair”) + -ear, in the sense of close physical combat, as in the expression agarrarse de las greñas (“to fight”, literally “to grab each others' matted locks”). Compare the semantic development of Romanian părui (“to fight by pulling hair”) from Romanian păr (“hair”).

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