pelear
Spanish, verb/peleˈaɾ/
pelear is spelled P-E-L-E-A-R (6 letters) and appears 18 times per million words in written Spanish, the 4,314th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pelear is a Spanish verb meaning “to fight (to contend in physical conflict)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Sostener una pugna de dos o más participantes, especialmente si existe agresión física”.
What does pelear mean in English?
verb
- 1
to fight (to contend in physical conflict)
- 2
to fight, to argue
- 3
to fight for, to struggle against
- 4
to mutually fight
- 5
to discord or dispute; to become enemies
- 6
to lose or stop, temporally or definitively, a friendship, partnership, etc.
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Sostener una pugna de dos o más participantes, especialmente si existe agresión física. 2. Hacer esfuerzos intensos por alcanzar un objetivo. 3. Enfrentarse dos personas de palabra con enojo.
verb: 1. Atacar a alguien, con palabras o con actos.
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 pelear
- peleo first-person present singular
- peleé first-person preterite singular
- peleado participle past
- peleando gerund
- peleada feminine participle past
- peleados masculine participle past
- peleadas feminine participle past
- peleas indicative informal present
- peleás indicative informal present
- pelea indicative present singular
- peleamos first-person indicative plural
- peleáis indicative plural present
- pelean indicative plural present
- peleaba first-person imperfect indicative
- peleabas imperfect indicative second-person
- peleábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- peleabais imperfect indicative plural
- peleaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pelear?
- /peleˈaɾ/
- [pe.leˈaɾ]
- [peleˈaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pelear
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pelear in Spanish?
pelear appears 18 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).