a pelo
[a ˈpelo]
The verdict
“a pelo” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dicho de la acción de montar una caballería, directamente sobre el lomo del animal, sin montura o silla.
Corpus desk
Index ES-a-pelo · a pelo · Spanish
a pelo · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | a pelo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [a ˈpelo] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “a pelo” en español
Rare enough to double-check
a pelo is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed [a ˈpelo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 8 senses are on record.
a pelo has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is a pelo, spelled A- -P-E-L-O.
Definition
- 1Dicho de la acción de montar una caballería, directamente sobre el lomo del animal, sin montura o silla.
- 2Sin sombrero u otra protección para la cabeza.
- 3Por extensión, sin ropa alguna.
- 4Por extensión, sin protección o ayuda de ninguna clase.
- 5En particular, dicho del coito, sin condón u otra barrera física contra las enfermedades de transmisión sexual.
- 6Con exactitud y precisión.
- 7En el momento u ocasión propicia.
- 8Dicho de un intercambio económico: trueque realizado sin dinero.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how a pelo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Cambiamos nuestros móviles a pelo. Me ofreció por mi coche una moto y un ordenador, a pelo.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.