peloteo
Spanish, noun
peloteo is spelled P-E-L-O-T-E-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written Spanish, the 94,980th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Peloteo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “knock-up” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of pelotear. With an accent, peloteó is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of pelotear”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Acción y resultado de pelotear (en sus diferentes acepciones)”.
What does peloteo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineknock-up
- 2
masculinelong rally
- 3
masculinekick-about
- 4
masculineflattery
- 5
masculinesucking up
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of pelotear
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of pelotear
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Acción y resultado de pelotear (en sus diferentes acepciones). 2. Adulación o actitud servil hacia alguien, con el fin de obtener algún beneficio propio. Proceso y efecto de hacer la pelota.
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 peloteo
- peloteos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to peloteo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is peloteo in Spanish?
peloteo appears about once in every 6 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).