pelar
Spanish, verb/peˈlaɾ/
pelar is spelled P-E-L-A-R (5 letters) and appears 1.9 times per million words in written Spanish, the 23,327th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pelar is a Spanish verb meaning “to peel (fruits, vegetables)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Quitar el pelo o la piel a algo”.
What does pelar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to peel (fruits, vegetables)
- 2
to skin (an animal)
- 3
to shell (nuts, shellfish)
- 4
to unwrap
- 5
to pluck (a bird)
- 6
to cut the hair of
- 7
to spread negative gossip, run down, criticise somebody
- 8
to exfoliate
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Quitar el pelo o la piel a algo. 2. Hablar mal de alguien. 3. Dejar pelado a alguien, gastar o quitar todo el dinero. 4. Azotar con un rejo, látigo, cinturón o correa a modo de castigo.
verb: 1. Huir, desaparecer, esfumarse, salir a las prisas, tomarse los vientos.
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 pelar
- pelo first-person present singular
- pelé first-person preterite singular
- pelado participle past
- pelando gerund
- pelada feminine participle past
- pelados masculine participle past
- peladas feminine participle past
- pelas indicative informal present
- pelás indicative informal present
- pela indicative present singular
- pelamos first-person indicative plural
- peláis indicative plural present
- pelan indicative plural present
- pelaba first-person imperfect indicative
- pelabas imperfect indicative second-person
- pelábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- pelabais imperfect indicative plural
- pelaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pelar?
- /peˈlaɾ/
- [peˈlaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pelar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pelar in Spanish?
pelar appears 1.9 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).