pelar

Spanish

verb

Definitions

to peel fruits, vegetables
to skin an animal
to shell nuts, shellfish
to unwrap
to pluck a bird
to cut the hair of
(transitive) to spread negative gossip, run down, criticise somebody
to exfoliate
to steal
(transitive) to notice someone, to pay attention to someone
(transitive) to matter

Etymology

Inherited from Latin pilāre.

Origin

Latin

pilāre

Gloss

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

*piliāre Latin
*piluccāre Latin
pilus Latin
pilāre Latin
pelare Italian
gato Spanish, Castilian
papa Spanish, Castilian
patata Spanish, Castilian
pelador Spanish, Castilian
pelagatos Spanish, Castilian
pelapapas Spanish, Castilian
pelapatatas Spanish, Castilian
*pil- Proto-Indo-European
peler Old French
pelar Catalan, Valencian
împila Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
pelar Old Portuguese
pelâ Friulian
pełar Venetian