- empelotar
- 1. VT1) LAm (=desvestir) to undress, strip to the skin2) LAm (Mec) to strip down, dismantle, take to pieces2.See:* * *1.verbo transitivo1) (Col, CS, Ven fam) (desnudar) to undress2) (Per fam) (hacer caso) to take notice of2.empelotarse v pron1) (refl) (Col, CS, Ven fam) (desnudarse) to strip, strip off (BrE colloq)2) (Per fam) (buscar atención) to be an attention seeker
lo hace para empelotarse — he does it to attract attention (to himself)
* * *1.verbo transitivo1) (Col, CS, Ven fam) (desnudar) to undress2) (Per fam) (hacer caso) to take notice of2.empelotarse v pron1) (refl) (Col, CS, Ven fam) (desnudarse) to strip, strip off (BrE colloq)2) (Per fam) (buscar atención) to be an attention seekerlo hace para empelotarse — he does it to attract attention (to himself)
* * *empelotar [A1 ]vtA (Col, CS fam) (desnudar) to undresslo empelotó para bañarlo she took his clothes off o undressed him to give him a bathB (Per fam) (hacer caso) to take notice of■ empelotarsev pronA (refl) (Col, CS fam) (desnudarse) to take one's clothes off, get undressed, strip off (colloq)B (Per fam) (buscar atención) to be a pest (colloq), to be an attention seekerlo hace para empelotarse he does it to attract attention (to himself)
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.