pelo
Asturian[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From a contraction of the preposition per (“by means of, by way of”) + neuter singular article lo (“the”).
Contraction[edit]
pelo n (masculine pel, feminine pela, masculine plural pelos, feminine plural peles)
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
pelo m (plural pelos)
Related terms[edit]
Catalan[edit]
Verb[edit]
pelo
- first-person singular present indicative form of pelar
Chavacano[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Spanish pelo (“hair”), from Latin pilus.
Noun[edit]
pelo
Galician[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin pilus. As with the Portuguese cognate pelo, the preservation of single /l/ in intervocalic position is irregular and may be the result of analogy with cabelo < Latin capillus.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
pelo m (plural pelos)
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “pelo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “pelo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “pelo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Ido[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
pelo (plural peli)
Italian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Latin pilus, from Proto-Indo-European *pil-.
Noun[edit]
pelo m (plural peli)
Related terms[edit]
See also[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb[edit]
pelo
Anagrams[edit]
Northern Sotho[edit]
Noun[edit]
pelo
Ometepec Nahuatl[edit]
Noun[edit]
pelo
Portuguese[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Old Galician-Portuguese pello, from Vulgar Latin *per (“by; through”) + *lo (“the”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- Hyphenation: pe‧lo
Contraction[edit]
pelo (feminine pela, masculine plural pelos, feminine plural pelas)
- Contraction of por o; by the; for the; through the
- 2007, J. K. Rowling, Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e as Relíquias da Morte, Rocco, page 244:
- E os meus podem estar indo pelo mesmo caminho!
- And mine may be going through the same way!
Etymology 2[edit]
From Old Galician-Portuguese pelo, from Latin pilus, from Proto-Indo-European *pil-. The retention of single Latin /l/ in intervocalic position is irregular and may be the product of analogy with the near-synonym cabelo < Latin capillus.[1]
Alternative forms[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- Hyphenation: pe‧lo
Noun[edit]
pelo m (plural pelos)
- hair (filament which grows on the skin of mammals), except hair on top of humans’ heads, which is called cabelo
- O adolescente ficou feliz quando viu nascer os primeiros pelos do seu bigode.
- The teenager was happy when he saw the first hairs of his moustache emerging.
- hair (an animal’s hair as a whole)
- Synonym: pelagem
- Preciso cortar o pelo do meu gato.
- I need to cut my cat’s hair.
- (by extension) any filament which grows on plants and non-mammals
Related terms[edit]
Etymology 3[edit]
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation[edit]
- Hyphenation: pe‧lo
Verb[edit]
pelo
References[edit]
Sotho[edit]
Noun[edit]
pelo class 9/10 (plural dipelo)
Spanish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Inherited from Latin pilus, from Proto-Indo-European *pil-. Compare English pile (“fine, short hair of certain animals”).
Noun[edit]
pelo m (plural pelos)
Derived terms[edit]
- a medios pelos
- a pelo
- al pelo
- andar al pelo
- buscar pelos en la sopa
- camelote de pelo
- carne de pelo
- con pelos y señales
- cortar un pelo en el aire
- corte de pelo
- crecepelo
- dar para el pelo
- de medio pelo
- de poco pelo
- echar buen pelo
- hacer a pelo y pluma
- hombre de pelo en pecho
- mata de pelo
- ni un pelo
- no tener pelos en la lengua
- no tener un pelo de tonto
- pelaje
- pelear
- pelín
- pelirrojo
- pelito
- pelo a pelo
- pelo de aire
- pelo de camello
- pelo de gato
- pelo por pelo
- pelón
- pelos de punta
- pelos y señales
- peludo
- pelusa
- por los pelos
- por un pelo
- sombrero de pelo
- tomar el pelo
- traído por los pelos
Related terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb[edit]
pelo
Further reading[edit]
- “pelo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Western Durango Nahuatl[edit]
Noun[edit]
pelo
- Asturian non-lemma forms
- Asturian contractions
- Asturian terms inherited from Latin
- Asturian terms derived from Latin
- Asturian lemmas
- Asturian nouns
- Asturian masculine nouns
- Catalan non-lemma forms
- Catalan verb forms
- Chavacano terms inherited from Spanish
- Chavacano terms derived from Spanish
- Chavacano terms inherited from Latin
- Chavacano terms derived from Latin
- Chavacano lemmas
- Chavacano nouns
- cbk:Anatomy
- Galician terms inherited from Latin
- Galician terms derived from Latin
- Galician terms with IPA pronunciation
- Galician lemmas
- Galician nouns
- Galician masculine nouns
- gl:Hair
- Ido terms borrowed from Latin
- Ido terms derived from Latin
- Ido lemmas
- Ido nouns
- Italian 2-syllable words
- Italian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Italian/elo
- Rhymes:Italian/elo/2 syllables
- Italian terms inherited from Latin
- Italian terms derived from Latin
- Italian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Italian lemmas
- Italian nouns
- Italian countable nouns
- Italian masculine nouns
- Italian non-lemma forms
- Italian verb forms
- Northern Sotho lemmas
- Northern Sotho nouns
- Ometepec Nahuatl lemmas
- Ometepec Nahuatl nouns
- Portuguese terms inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese
- Portuguese terms derived from Old Galician-Portuguese
- Portuguese terms inherited from Vulgar Latin
- Portuguese terms derived from Vulgar Latin
- Portuguese 2-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Portuguese 1-syllable words
- Portuguese non-lemma forms
- Portuguese contractions
- Portuguese terms with quotations
- Portuguese terms inherited from Latin
- Portuguese terms derived from Latin
- Portuguese terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese nouns
- Portuguese countable nouns
- Portuguese masculine nouns
- Portuguese terms with usage examples
- Portuguese verb forms
- Sotho lemmas
- Sotho nouns
- Sotho class 9 nouns
- Sotho class 10 nouns
- Spanish 2-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Spanish/elo
- Rhymes:Spanish/elo/2 syllables
- Spanish terms inherited from Latin
- Spanish terms derived from Latin
- Spanish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish nouns
- Spanish countable nouns
- Spanish masculine nouns
- Spanish non-lemma forms
- Spanish verb forms
- es:Hair
- Western Durango Nahuatl lemmas
- Western Durango Nahuatl nouns
- azn:Mammals