pelea
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English
Etymology
Learned borrowing from New Latin pelea, from Hawaiian Pele (Hawaiian fire goddess) + -ea. Equivalent to Pele + -a.
Noun
pelea (plural peleas)
Anagrams
Spanish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Deverbal from pelear (“to fight”).
Noun
pelea f (plural peleas)
Hyponyms
- pelea a puñetazos (“fistfight”)
- pelea de barro
- pelea de gallos
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Verb
pelea
- inflection of pelear:
Further reading
- “pelea”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16