pelear
Meaning
- (intransitive) to fight (to contend in physical conflict)
- (intransitive) to fight, to argue
- (intransitive) to fight for, to struggle against
- (reflexive) to mutually fight
- (broadly, reflexive) to discord or dispute; to become enemies
- (broadly, reflexive) to lose or stop, temporally or definitively, a friendship, partnership, etc.
Concepts
Synonyms
hacer guerra
encontrarse con alguien
tener riña
emprenderse a golpes
la reyerta
trabar pelea
embolillar
peliar
entromparse
encontrarse un papel o un pañuelo
ganar conquistando
Translations
kämpfen
litigare
lutar
combattre
lluitar
قاتل
vechtenFrequency
Hyphenated as
pe‧le‧ar
Pronounced as (IPA)
/peleˈaɾ/
Etymology
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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