pela

Meaning

Synonyms

dar una paliza

Frequency

34k
Hyphenated as
pe‧la
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈpela/
Etymology

Deverbal from pelar.

New
pelar

  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. (transitive) to spread negative gossip, run down, criticise somebody
  8. to exfoliate
  9. (colloquial) to steal
  10. (colloquial) to fleece
  11. (Mexico, colloquial, especially, transitive) to notice someone, to pay attention to someone
  12. (reflexive, transitive, vulgar) to matter
  13. (reflexive) to have one's hair cut
  14. (reflexive) to lose one's hair, to go bald
  15. (reflexive) to peel (of skin, from the sun, etc.)
  16. (reflexive) to fray (rope, wire)
  17. to strip (to remove the insulation from a wire/cable)
  18. (reflexive) (Chile) to steal
  19. (reflexive) (Chile) to flirt
  20. (reflexive) (Chile) to make out with a stranger at a social event

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