pela

f.

1 peseta (Outmoded informal). (peninsular Spanish)

no tengo pelas I'm broke o skint (British)

2 smack, slap, slap in the face, box.

pres.indicat.

3^rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: pelar.

imperat.

2^nd person singular (tú) Imperative of Spanish verb: pelar.

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pela

► nombre femenino

1 familiar (antiguamente) peseta

► nombre femenino plural pelas

1 familiar (dinero) dough, money

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SF

1) (Culin) peeling

2) Esp * (=peseta) peseta

pelas — (=dinero) money sing

unas buenas pelas — a good few bucks *

mucha pela o pela larga — lots of dough **

mirar la pela — to be concerned only about money

- cambiar o echar la pela

3) LAm * (=zurra) beating

4) Méx * [de trabajo] slog, hard work; CAm (=fatiga) exhaustion

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femenino

1) (Esp fam) (peseta) peseta

tiene muchas pelas — he's loaded (colloq)

2) (Col, Méx, Ven fam) (golpe) slap, smack

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* estar sin una pela = not have a bean.

* sin una pela = broke, skint, penniless.

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femenino

1) (Esp fam) (peseta) peseta

tiene muchas pelas — he's loaded (colloq)

2) (Col, Méx, Ven fam) (golpe) slap, smack

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* estar sin una pela = not have a bean.

* sin una pela = broke, skint, penniless.

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pela

feminine

A (Esp fam) (peseta) peseta

tiene muchas pelas he's loaded (colloq)

B (Col, Méx fam) (golpe) slap, smack

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Del verbo pelar: (conjugate pelar)

pela es:

3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente indicativo

2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo

Multiple Entries:
pela    
pelar
pela sustantivo femenino (Esp fam) (peseta) peseta
pelar (conjugate pelar) verbo transitivo
1

a) ‹fruta/zanahoria› to peel;

‹habas/marisco› to shell;
‹caramelo› to unwrap

b) ‹ave› to pluck

2 (rapar): lo pelaon al cero or al rape they cropped his hair very short
3 (fam) (en el juego) to clean … out (colloq)
4 (Chi fam) ‹persona› to badmouth (AmE colloq), to slag off (BrE colloq)
pelarse verbo pronominal (a causa del sol) [persona] to peel;
[cara/hombros] (+ me/te/le etc) to peel;

◊ se te está pelando la nariz your nose is peeling

pelar verbo transitivo
1 (piel, fruta) to peel
2 (un ave) to pluck
3 fam (cortar el pelo a) to cut the hair of
♦ Locuciones: hace un frío que pela, it's freezing cold
duro de pelar, a hard nut

'pela' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
pelar
English:
bitterly
- freezing

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pela nf

Esp Fam Antes [peseta] peseta;

está forrado de pelas he's rolling in it;

no tengo pelas I'm broke o Br skint;

Comp

la pela es la pela money makes the world go round

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pela

f fam

peseta