pelar

Meaning

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

Hyphenated as

pe‧lar

Pronounced as (IPA)

/peˈlaɾ/

Etymology

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