pelota

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Noun 1.1.1 See also 2 French 2.1 Verb 3 Galician 3.1 Noun 4 Spanish 4.1 Noun 4.1.1 Usage notes

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Wikipedia

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pelota (uncountable)

1. any of a variety of Spanish sports played against a wall

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• pilota

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[edit] French

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pelota

1. Third-person singular past historic of peloter.

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pelota f. (plural pelotas)

1. ball

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pelota f. (plural pelotas)

1. ball
2. teacher's pet; brown noser

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Teacher's pet sense: term may be m or f depending on the gender of the person being referred to. An associated hand gesture is waving a hand up or down as if bouncing a ball.