pelar
CatalanEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin pilāre, present active infinitive of pilō (“I deprive of hair”).
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
pelar (first-person singular present pelo, past participle pelat)
ConjugationEdit
infinitive | pelar | ||||||
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present participle | 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 | |
— | pela | peli | pelem | peleu | pelin |
Further readingEdit
- “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.
GalicianEdit
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
pelar (first-person singular present pelo, first-person singular preterite pelei, past participle pelado)
ConjugationEdit
Further readingEdit
- “pelar” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
PortugueseEdit
PronunciationEdit
- Hyphenation: pe‧lar
Etymology 1Edit
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.
VerbEdit
pelar (first-person singular present pelo, first-person singular preterite pelei, past participle pelado)
ConjugationEdit
1Superseded.
2Brazil.
3Portugal.
Related termsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
From pele (“skin”) + -ar, from Old Galician-Portuguese pele (“pelt”), from Latin pellis (“pelt”), from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“skin”).
VerbEdit
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
ConjugationEdit
1Superseded.
2Brazil.
3Portugal.
Related termsEdit
SpanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Inherited from Latin pilāre (“deprive of hair”). Doublet of pillar.
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
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
- to steal
- (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
- 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
ConjugationEdit
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 termsEdit
Related termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “pelar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014