pelea

See also: peleá and Pelea

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from New Latin pelea, from Hawaiian Pele (Hawaiian fire goddess) + -ea. Equivalent to Pele +‎ -a.

Noun

pelea (plural peleas)

1. (dated, botany) Synonym of melicope: a plant of the genus Pelea.

Anagrams

• Peale

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /peˈlea/ [peˈle.a]
• Rhymes: -ea
• Syllabification: pe‧le‧a

Etymology 1

Deverbal from pelear (“to fight”).

Noun

pelea f (plural peleas)

1. fight, brawl

   Synonyms: lucha, riña

2. struggle (physical)
3. quarrel, argument
4. (boxing) fight, bout

Hyponyms

• pelea a puñetazos (“fistfight”)
• pelea de barro
• pelea de gallos

Derived terms

• gallo de pelea

Etymology 2

Verb

pelea

1. inflection of pelear:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “pelea”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Anagrams

• apele
• apelé
• palee
• paleé