pelar
Portuguese, verb/peˈla(ʁ)/
pelar is spelled P-E-L-A-R (5 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written Portuguese, the 111,334th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pelar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to depilate (remove hair)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “tirar a pele de”.
What does pelar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to depilate (remove hair)
verb
- 1
to skin (remove skin)
- 2
to unclothe (make naked)
- 3
Brazilinformalto be extremely hot
Eu fui pegar a caneca, mas a água estava pelando e eu me queimei.
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. tirar a pele de 2. tirar o pelo de 3. tirar a casca de 4. esfolar
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.
Forms of pelar
- pelo first-person present singular
- pelei first-person preterite singular
- pelado participle past
- pelares infinitive second-person singular
- pelarmos first-person infinitive plural
- pelardes infinitive plural second-person
- pelarem infinitive plural third-person
- pelando gerund
- pelados masculine participle past
- pelada feminine participle past
- peladas feminine participle past
- pélo first-person indicative present
- pelas indicative present second-person
- pélas indicative present second-person
- pela indicative present singular
- péla indicative present singular
- pelamos first-person indicative plural
- pelais indicative plural present
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pelar?
- Brazil /peˈla(ʁ)/
- Brazil [peˈla(h)]
- /peˈla(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (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 Portuguese?
pelar appears about once in every 13 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).