hacer pellas

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Spanish

Verb

hacer pellas (first-person singular present hago pellas, first-person singular preterite hice pellas, past participle hecho pellas)

  1. (idiomatic) play truant (to be absent from school without permission)
    Synonyms: hacer novillos, capear clases, colgar clase, hacer campanas, hacer la chancha, hacer la cimarria, hacer toros, hacerse la rata, ratearse, hacer la choca
    • 2020, Iñaki Domínguez, Cómo ser feliz a martillazos: Un manual de antiayuda:
      Técnicamente, suspender el curso entero a un chico por hacer pellas el primer trimestre es ilegal.
      Technically, failing a boy the whole year for skipping school in the first term is illegal.