pelar

From Latin pilāre, present active infinitive of pilō (“I deprive of hair”).

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /pəˈla/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /peˈlaɾ/

pelar (first-person singular present pelo, past participle pelat)

1. to peel
2. to skin
3. (vulgar) to wank
4. (slang) to kill

• “pelar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “pelar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
• “pelar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

pelar (first-person singular present pelo, first-person singular preterite pelei, past participle pelado)

1. to skin

   Synonym: esfolar

• “pelar” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

• Hyphenation: pe‧lar

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.

pelar (first-person singular present pelo, first-person singular preterite pelei, past participle pelado)

1. to depilate (remove hair)

   Synonym: depilar

2. inflection of pelar:
   1. first/third-person singular future subjunctive
   2. first/third-person singular personal infinitive

From pele (“skin”) +‎ -ar, from Old Galician-Portuguese pele (“pelt”), from Latin pellis (“pelt”), from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“skin”).

pelar (first-person singular present pelo, first-person singular preterite pelei, past participle pelado)

1. to skin (remove skin)

   Synonyms: despelar, esfolar

   Coordinate terms: depenar, descascar, escamar

2. to unclothe (make naked)

   Synonym: despir

3. (Brazil, informal) to be extremely hot

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

• IPA^(key): /peˈlaɾ/ [peˈlaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: pe‧lar

pelar (first-person singular present pelo, first-person singular preterite pelé, past participle pelado)

1. to peel (fruits, vegetables)
2. to skin (an animal)

   Synonym: despellejar

3. to shell (nuts, shellfish)
4. to unwrap

   Synonym: desenvolver

5. to pluck (a bird)

   Synonym: desplumar

6. to cut the hair of

   Synonym: cortar

7. (transitive) to spread negative gossip, run down, criticise somebody

   Synonyms: dejar negro, morder, trasquilar

8. to exfoliate

   Synonym: exfoliar

9. to steal
10. (transitive, Mexico, colloquial, especially in the negative) to notice someone, to pay attention to someone

    Synonym: hacer caso

11. (transitive, reflexive, vulgar) to matter

    Me la pela. ― I don't give a fuck.

12. (reflexive) to have one's hair cut
13. (reflexive) to lose one's hair, to go bald
14. (reflexive) to peel (of skin, from the sun, etc.)
15. (reflexive) to fray (rope, wire)

    Synonym: deshilacharse

16. strip (to remove the insulation from a wire/cable)

    Hay que pelar el cable para poder conectarlo al conector.

    The cable must be stripped to be able to connect it to the connector.

17. (reflexive) (Chile) to steal
18. (reflexive) (Chile) to flirt
19. (reflexive) (Chile) to make out with a stranger at a social event

• “pelar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014