pela

See also: pelá, pelà, pelâ, pêla, and -pela

English

Noun

pela (uncountable)

  1. Chinese wax
    • 1813, John Mason Good, Olinthus Gilbert Gregory, Pantologia
      Thus we have the myrtle wax of America extracted from the berries of the myrica cerifera, and the pela of the Chinese.

Anagrams

Asturian

Etymology

From a contraction of the preposition per (“by means of, by way of”) + feminine singular article la (“the”).

Contraction

pela f (masculine pel, neuter pelo, masculine plural pelos, feminine plural peles)

  1. by means of the

Catalan

Verb

pela

  1. third-person singular present indicative form of pelar
  2. second-person singular imperative form of pelar

Noun

pela f (plural peles)

  1. peseta

French

Verb

pela

  1. third-person singular past historic of peler

Anagrams

Galician

Etymology 1

Perhaps from Vulgar Latin *pilla, from Latin pilula (“pellet”). In that case, cognate with Spanish pella.[1]

Alternative forms

  • penla

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɛla̝/

Noun

pela f (plural pelas)

  1. lump, dollop, mass (of butter, grease, lard)

Etymology 2

Back-formation from pelar (“to skin”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɛla̝/

Noun

pela f (plural pelas)

  1. peel
  2. peeling (of skin)

Etymology 3

Perhaps from Latin *pinnella (“little feather”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɛla̝/

Noun

pela f (plural pelas)

  1. trowel; small shovel
  2. vanes or blades of a water wheel

Etymology 4

From Latin per + illa.

Contraction

pela f sg (plural pelas, masculine pelo, masculine plural pelos)

  1. contraction of por (“by; through”) and a (“the”) (archaic)

References

  1. ↑ Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José A. (1991–1997). Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico. Madrid: Gredos, s.v. pelota.

Italian

Verb

pela

  1. third-person singular present indicative of pelare
  2. second-person singular imperative of pelare

Anagrams

Portuguese

Etymology 1

From Old Portuguese pela, from Vulgar Latin *per (“by; through”) + *la (“the”).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpe.lɐ/

Contraction

pela f sg (plural pelas, masculine pelo, masculine plural pelos)

  1. contraction of por (“by; through”) and a (“the”)

Etymology 2

Inflected form of pelar (“to skin”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɛ.lɐ/

Verb

pela

  1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of pelar
    Ele pela a carcaça.
    He skins the carcass.
  2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of pelar
    Tu aí, pela a carcaça sozinho.
    You there, skin the carcass by yourself.

Spanish

Noun

pela f (plural pelas)

  1. a hit or a beating
  2. (colloquial) Peseta (former currency of Spain)

Verb

pela

  1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of pelar.
  2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of pelar.
  3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of pelar.
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