pelar la pava

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Etymology

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Literally, to pluck the turkey. A 19th century legend from Seville claimed that a servant instructed to pluck a bird for dinner forgot her task as she started flirting with her lover by a window; when asked about her delay, she shouted she was plucking the turkey.

Verb

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pelar la pava (first-person singular present pelo la pava, first-person singular preterite pelé la pava, past participle pelado la pava)

  1. (idiomatic, dated, Spain) to flirt; to engage in courtship, especially by a window or a balcony
  2. (idiomatic, Spain) to gossip; to chitchat

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