# pelar
## Albanian
### Etymology

From pelë (“mare”) +‎ -ar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /peˈlar/
* Rhymes: -ar
* Hyphenation: pe‧lár

### Noun

pelar m (plural pelárë, definite pelári, definite plural pelárët)
* stableman, ostler, groom (especially mares)
    Near-synonym: bari

### Further reading

* FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎, 1980
* “pelar”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
* Mann, S. E. (1948) “pelar”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 359

## Catalan
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [pəˈla]
* IPA: (Valencia) [peˈlaɾ]

### Verb

pelar (first-person singular present pelo, first-person singular preterite pelí, past participle pelat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencia) /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.
* (pronominal, 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!

#### Derived terms

* espelegar
* pela-roques
* pelador
* pelapatates
* pelar-se-la

### Further reading

* “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, 2025
* “pelar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## Galician
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /peˈlaɾ/ [peˈlaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Hyphenation: pe‧lar

### Verb

pelar (first-person singular present pelo, first-person singular preterite pelei, past participle pelado)
* to skin
    Synonym: esfolar

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

#### Further reading

* “pelar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
* “pelar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /peˈla(ʁ)/ [peˈla(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /peˈla(ʁ)/ [peˈla(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /peˈla(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /peˈla(ʁ)/ [peˈla(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /peˈla(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /pɨˈlaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /pɨˈlaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /pɨˈla.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: pe‧lar

### Etymology 1

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

pelar (first-person singular present pelo, first-person singular preterite pelei, past participle pelado)
* to depilate (remove hair)
    Synonym: depilar

##### Conjugation

$^1$Superseded. $^2$Brazilian Portuguese. $^3$European Portuguese.

##### Related terms

* depilar
* pelagem
* pelo
* pelugem

### Etymology 2

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

#### Verb

pelar (first-person singular present pelo, first-person singular preterite pelei, past participle pelado)
* to skin (remove skin)
    Synonyms: despelar, esfolar
    Coordinate terms: depenar, descascar, escamar
* to unclothe (make naked)
    Synonym: despir
* (Brazil, informal, usually in the gerund) to be extremely hot
    Eu fui pegar a caneca, mas a água estava pelando e eu me queimei.I went to grab the mug, but the water was boiling hot and I burned myself.

##### Conjugation

$^1$Superseded. $^2$Brazilian Portuguese. $^3$European Portuguese.

##### Related terms

* pelado
* pele

## Spanish
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /peˈlaɾ/ [peˈlaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: pe‧lar

### Verb

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 not 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

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

#### Derived terms

* cuchillo de pelar
* depilar
* duro de pelar
* frío que pela
* peladera
* peladero
* pelado
* pelador
* peladura
* pelagallos
* pelagatos
* pelambre
* pelapapas
* pelapatatas
* pelar el gallo
* pelar la pava
* pelarse
* pelársela
* que se las pela

#### Related terms

* pelo
* pelón
* peludo

### Further reading

* “pelar”, 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