pelar
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Latin pilāre (“to deprive of hair”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
pelar (first-person singular present pelo, first-person singular preterite pelí, past participle pelat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencian) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/
- (transitive) to peel, to skin
- pelar amb un ganivet ― to peel with a knife
- (intransitive, figurative) to bite, to sting (of cold)
- Hi fa un fred que pela. ― The cold is biting.
- (takes a reflexive pronoun, figurative) to be freezing
- Em pelo de fred. ― I'm dying from cold.
- (transitive, figurative) to clean out (to take money from)
- Synonyms: prendre'ls, plomar
- (transitive, slang) to kill
- Synonym: matar
- Si crides et pelaré! ― If you scream, I'll kill you!
Conjugation edit
infinitive | pelar | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
gerund | pelant | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | pelat | pelada | |||||
plural | pelats | pelades | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
present | pelo | peles | pela | pelem | peleu | pelen | |
imperfect | pelava | pelaves | pelava | pelàvem | pelàveu | pelaven | |
future | pelaré | pelaràs | pelarà | pelarem | pelareu | pelaran | |
preterite | pelí | pelares | pelà | pelàrem | pelàreu | pelaren | |
conditional | pelaria | pelaries | pelaria | pelaríem | pelaríeu | pelarien | |
subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
present | peli | pelis | peli | pelem | peleu | pelin | |
imperfect | pelés | pelessis | pelés | peléssim | peléssiu | pelessin | |
imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós |
vostès | |
affirmative | — | pela | peli | pelem | peleu | pelin | |
negative (no) | — | no pelis | no peli | no pelem | no peleu | no pelin |
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “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, 2024
- “pelar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Galician edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
pelar (first-person singular present pelo, first-person singular preterite pelei, past participle pelado)
Conjugation edit
Singular | Plural | |||||
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First-person (eu) |
Second-person (ti) |
Third-person (el / ela / Vde.) |
First-person (nós) |
Second-person (vós) |
Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.) | |
Infinitive | ||||||
Impersonal | pelar | |||||
Personal | pelar | pelares | pelar | pelarmos | pelardes | pelaren |
Gerund | ||||||
pelando | ||||||
Past participle | ||||||
Masculine | pelado | pelados | ||||
Feminine | pelada | peladas | ||||
Indicative | ||||||
Present | pelo | pelas | pela | pelamos | pelades | pelan |
Imperfect | pelaba | pelabas | pelaba | pelabamos | pelabades | pelaban |
Preterite | pelei | pelaches | pelou | pelamos | pelastes | pelaron |
Pluperfect | pelara | pelaras | pelara | pelaramos | pelarades | pelaran |
Future | pelarei | pelarás | pelará | pelaremos | pelaredes | pelarán |
Conditional | pelaría | pelarías | pelaría | pelariamos | pelariades | pelarían |
Subjunctive | ||||||
Present | pele | peles | pele | pelemos | peledes | pelen |
Imperfect | pelase | pelases | pelase | pelásemos | pelásedes | pelasen |
Future | pelar | pelares | pelar | pelarmos | pelardes | pelaren |
Imperative | ||||||
Affirmative | pela | pele | pelemos | pelade | pelen | |
Negative (non) | non peles | non pele | non pelemos | non peledes | non pelen |
1Less recommended.
Further reading edit
- “pelar” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
- “pelar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: pe‧lar
Etymology 1 edit
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.
Verb edit
pelar (first-person singular present pelo, first-person singular preterite pelei, past participle pelado)
Conjugation edit
1Superseded.
2Brazilian Portuguese.
3European Portuguese.
Related terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
From pele (“skin”) + -ar, from Old Galician-Portuguese pele (“pelt”), from Latin pellis (“pelt”), from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“skin”).
Verb edit
pelar (first-person singular present pelo, first-person singular preterite pelei, past participle pelado)
- to skin (remove skin)
- to unclothe (make naked)
- Synonym: despir
- (Brazil, informal) to be extremely hot
Conjugation edit
1Superseded.
2Brazilian Portuguese.
3European Portuguese.
Related terms edit
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Latin pilāre (“deprive of hair”). Doublet of pillar.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
pelar (first-person singular present pelo, first-person singular preterite pelé, past participle pelado)
- to peel (fruits, vegetables)
- to skin (an animal)
- Synonym: despellejar
- to shell (nuts, shellfish)
- to unwrap
- Synonym: desenvolver
- to pluck (a bird)
- Synonym: desplumar
- to cut the hair of
- Synonym: cortar
- (transitive) to spread negative gossip, run down, criticise somebody
- Synonyms: dejar negro, morder, trasquilar
- to exfoliate
- Synonym: exfoliar
- (colloquial) to steal
- (colloquial) to fleece
- (transitive, Mexico, colloquial, especially in the negative) to notice someone, to pay attention to someone
- Synonym: hacer caso
- (transitive, reflexive, vulgar) to matter
- Me la pela. ― I don't give a fuck.
- (reflexive) to have one's hair cut
- (reflexive) to lose one's hair, to go bald
- (reflexive) to peel (of skin, from the sun, etc.)
- (reflexive) to fray (rope, wire)
- Synonym: deshilacharse
- to 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.
- (reflexive) (Chile) to steal
- (reflexive) (Chile) to flirt
- (reflexive) (Chile) to make out with a stranger at a social event
Conjugation edit
infinitive | pelar | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
gerund | pelando | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | pelado | pelada | |||||
plural | pelados | peladas | |||||
singular | plural | ||||||
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
indicative | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | pelo | pelastú pelásvos |
pela | pelamos | peláis | pelan | |
imperfect | pelaba | pelabas | pelaba | pelábamos | pelabais | pelaban | |
preterite | pelé | pelaste | peló | pelamos | pelasteis | pelaron | |
future | pelaré | pelarás | pelará | pelaremos | pelaréis | pelarán | |
conditional | pelaría | pelarías | pelaría | pelaríamos | pelaríais | pelarían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | pele | pelestú pelésvos2 |
pele | pelemos | peléis | pelen | |
imperfect (ra) |
pelara | pelaras | pelara | peláramos | pelarais | pelaran | |
imperfect (se) |
pelase | pelases | pelase | pelásemos | pelaseis | pelasen | |
future1 | pelare | pelares | pelare | peláremos | pelareis | pelaren | |
imperative | — | tú vos |
usted | nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ustedes | |
affirmative | pelatú pelávos |
pele | pelemos | pelad | pelen | ||
negative | no peles | no pele | no pelemos | no peléis | no pelen |
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “pelar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014