pelear

Significat (Anglès)

  1. (intransitive) to fight (to contend in physical conflict)
  2. (intransitive) to fight, to argue
  3. (intransitive) to fight for, to struggle against
  4. (reflexive) to mutually fight
  5. (broadly, reflexive) to discord or dispute; to become enemies
  6. (broadly, reflexive) to lose or stop, temporally or definitively, a friendship, partnership, etc.

Conceptes

barallar-se

discutir-se

defensar-se

Freqüència

B1
Amb guionet com a
pe‧le‧ar
Pronunciat com a (IPA)
/peleˈaɾ/
Etimologia (Anglès)

In summary

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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