pelo
Asturian
Etymology 1
From a contraction of the preposition per (“by means of, by way of”) + neuter singular article lo (“the”).
Contraction
pelo n (masculine pel, feminine pela, masculine plural pelos, feminine plural peles)
Etymology 2
Noun
pelo m (plural pelos)
Related terms
Catalan
Verb
pelo
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Chavacano
Etymology
From Spanish pelo (“hair”), from Latin pilus.
Noun
pelo
Galician
Etymology
Ultimately from Latin pilus (note that the preservation of the lateral is irregular).
Pronunciation
Noun
pelo m (plural pelos)
Derived terms
References
- Template:R:DDLG
- Template:R:TILG
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “pelo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Italian
Etymology
From Latin pilus, from Proto-Indo-European *pil-.
Noun
pelo m (plural peli)
Related terms
See also
Verb
pelo
Neapolitan
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
pelo ? (plural pili)
- hair (of the body)
Northern Sotho
Noun
pelo
Portuguese
Etymology 1
From Old Galician-Portuguese pelo, from Vulgar Latin *per (“by; through”) + *lo (“the”).
Pronunciation
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "Portugal" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /pɨ.lu/, /plu/
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "Brazil" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /pe.lu/
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "South Brazil" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /pe.lo/
Contraction
pelo m (plural pelos, feminine pela, feminine plural pelas)
- Contraction of por o; by the; for the; through the
- 2007, J. K. Rowling, Lya 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!
- E os meus podem estar indo pelo mesmo caminho!
- 2007, J. K. Rowling, Lya Wyler, Harry Potter e as Relíquias da Morte, Rocco, page 244:
Etymology 2
From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin pilus, from Proto-Indo-European *pil-.
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "Portugal" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈpe.lu/
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "South Brazil" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈpe.lo/
Noun
pelo m (plural s)
- 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)
- 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
- Pelos de tarântula.
- Tarantula hair.
- Não toques o pelo de uma urtiga.
- Don’t touch a nettle’s hair.
Synonyms
Related terms
Etymology 3
Inflected form of pelar (“to remove hair”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpɛ.lu/
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "South Brazil" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈpɛ.lo/
Verb
pelo
Sotho
Noun
pelo class 9/10 (plural dipelo)
Spanish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Latin pilus, from Proto-Indo-European *pil-. Compare English pile (“fine, short hair of certain animals”).
Noun
pelo m (plural pelos)
Derived terms
- a pelo
- al pelo
- buscar pelos en la sopa
- con pelos y señales
- cortar un pelo en el aire
- corte de pelo
- crecepelo
- dar para el pelo
- de medio pelo
- hacer a pelo y pluma
- hombre de pelo en pecho
- no tener pelos en la lengua
- no tener un pelo de tonto
- pelaje
- pelear
- pelín
- pelirrojo
- pelito
- pelón
- peludo
- pelusa
- por los pelos
- por un pelo
- tomar el pelo
- traído por los pelos
Related terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
pelo
Further reading
- Asturian non-lemma forms
- Asturian contractions
- Asturian terms inherited from Latin
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- Asturian lemmas
- Asturian nouns
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- Catalan non-lemma forms
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- Chavacano terms inherited from Spanish
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- Chavacano terms inherited from Latin
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- cbk:Anatomy
- Galician terms inherited from Latin
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- gl:Hair
- Italian terms inherited from Latin
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- Portuguese terms inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese
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- Spanish forms of verbs ending in -ar
- es:Hair