pelu
Spanish, noun
pelu is spelled P-E-L-U (4 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written Spanish, the 107,397th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pelu is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “hairdresser's; barber shop” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, pelú is a different word: “a tree found in Chile, Sophora cassioides”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Peluquería”.
What does pelu mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininehairdresser's; barber shop
noun
- 1
masculinea tree found in Chile, Sophora cassioides
adjective
- 1
tricky, hairy
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. (Sophora cassioides) Árbol de la familia de las Leguminosas nativo del centro y sur de Chile. Es de follaje siempreverde y no suele alcanzar más de 10 m. Sus hojas son compuestas imparipinadas, con numerosos foliolos; sus flores son zigomorfas, y vistosas por su tamaño y su color amarillo; su fruto es un lomento (un tipo de legumbre). Tiene usos ornamentales por sus flores y madereros por la calid
noun: 1. Peluquería.
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 pelu
- pelus plural
- pelúes plural
- pelús plural
- pelúa feminine
- pelúas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is pelu in Spanish?
pelu appears about once in every 8 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).