pela
Meaning
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Contraction of per a (“by/through the (feminine singular)”): feminine singular of pelo
Frequency
Hyphenated as
pe‧la
Pronounced as (IPA)
/pe.lɐ/
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese pela, from Vulgar Latin *per (“by; through”) + *la (“the”).
New
pelar
to depilate (remove hair)
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