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peladero

Spanish, noun/pelaˈdeɾo/

peladero is spelled P-E-L-A-D-E-R-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written Spanish, the 153,784th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Peladero is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “desert, wasteland (area with little or no vegetation)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Lugar desolado, sin vegetación ni gente”.

What does peladero mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    Latin-Americamasculinedesert, wasteland (area with little or no vegetation)

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Lugar desolado, sin vegetación ni gente. 2. Sitio donde se pelan los cerdos, y las aves. 3. Sitio donde se juega con fullerías.

The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.

Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of peladero

  • peladeros plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce peladero?

  • /pelaˈdeɾo/
  • [pe.laˈð̞e.ɾo]
  • [pelaˈð̞eɾo]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is peladero in Spanish?

peladero appears about once in every 17 million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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