pelar

Meaning

to depilate (remove hair)

Hyphenated as
pe‧lar
Pronounced as (IPA)
/peˈla(ʁ)/
Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese pelar, from Latin pilāre (“to deprive of hair”), from pilus (“hair”), from Proto-Indo-European *pil- (“string of hair”). Doublet of pilhar.

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