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pelaí

Portuguese, contraction

pelaí is spelled P-E-L-A-Í (5 letters). Pelaí is a Portuguese contraction meaning “contraction of por aí” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its accent, pelai is a different word: “second-person plural imperative of pelar”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “contração da preposição per com o advérbio de lugar aí; indica lugar próximo”.

What does pelaí mean in English?

contraction

  1. 1

    Brazilcolloquialcontraction of por aí

verb

as pelai
  1. 1

    second-person plural imperative of pelar

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

adverb: 1. relativo a lugar indeterminado

contraction: 1. contração da preposição per com o advérbio de lugar aí; indica lugar próximo:

The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.

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

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