# pelota
## English
### Etymology

From Spanish pelota (“ball”). Doublet of pellet.

### Pronunciation

* Audio (Southern England):(file)

### Noun

pelota (uncountable)
* Any of a variety of Spanish sports played against a wall.

#### Derived terms

* Basque pelota

#### See also

* pilota

### Anagrams

* alepot, patole, pot ale, potale

## Esperanto
### Adjective

pelota (accusative singular pelotan, plural pelotaj, accusative plural pelotajn)
* singular future passive participle of peli

## Finnish
### Verb

pelota
* inflection of pelottaa:
** present active indicative connegative
** second-person singular present imperative
** second-person singular present active imperative connegative

### Anagrams

* lopeta, oletpa, peltoa

## French
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Verb

pelota
* third-person singular past historic of peloter

## Galician
### Etymology

From Old Occitan pelota or Old French pelote, from Latin pila (“ball”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /peˈlɔta̝/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

pelota f (plural pelotas)
* ball
    Synonyms: balón, bóla
** 1370, Ramón Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana. Introducción e texto, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 440:tijña ẽna mão hũa pelota pequena, et asynaua pera a deytar á agia, et ela fogía et voaua ata que a pelota passaua per elahe hold in his hand a small ball, and he was making signals to throw it to the eagle, and the eagle fled and flew until the ball passed by
* butter pellet
* an abnormal growth in the legs of the cattle
* (figurative, vulgar, usually in the plural) testicle

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “pelota”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “pelota”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “pelota”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “pelota”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “pelota”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Old Occitan pelota (possibly via Spanish pelota), from Old French pelote, from Latin pila (“ball”).

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /peˈlɔ.tɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /peˈlɔ.tɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /peˈlɔ.ta/
* (Portugal) IPA: /pɨˈlɔ.tɐ/
* Hyphenation: pe‧lo‧ta

### Noun

pelota f (plural pelotas)
* a small ball or sphere
    Synonym: bola

#### Derived terms

* em pelota

### References

* ↑ “pelota”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
* ↑ “pelota”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
* ↑ “pelota”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* ↑ “pelota”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

Via Old French and Occitan from Latin pila.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /peˈlota/ [peˈlo.t̪a]
* Rhymes: -ota
* Syllabification: pe‧lo‧ta

### Noun

pelota f (plural pelotas)
* (sports) ball (a round or ellipsoidal object)
    Synonym: balón
    jugar a (lanzar) la pelota ― to go fetch
* (sports) ball game
* (figurative, vulgar, usually in the plural) testicle

#### Hyponyms

* pelota antiestrés (“stress ball”)
* pelota de fútbol
* pelota de fútbol americano
* pelota de golf
* pelota de tenis
* pelota de viento

#### Derived terms

* apelotar
* en pelotas
* estar hasta las pelotas
* hacer la pelota
* hecho pelota
* hinchapelotas
* juego de pelota
* la pelota está en el tejado
* la pelota está en el tejado de alguien
* pelota de playa
* pelota paleta
* pelota vasca
* pelotear
* poner la pelota en juego
* recogepelotas
* tocapelotas
* tocar las pelotas

### Noun

pelota m or f by sense (plural pelotas)
* people pleaser, toady
    Synonyms: (Spain) palmero, lameculos, lambeculos, (vulgar, derogatory) lambeculo

### Further reading

* “pelota”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Tagalog
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish pelota.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /peˈlota/ [pɛˈloː.t̪ɐ]
* Rhymes: -ota
* Syllabification: pe‧lo‧ta

### Noun

pelota (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜎᜓᜆ) (sports)
* ball; rubber ball
    Synonym: bola
* pelota (any of a variety of Spanish sports played against a wall)

#### Related terms

* pelotari

### Further reading

* “pelota”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
* “pelota”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018