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Northern Sotho
Noun
pelego
- birth
Portuguese
Etymology
By surface analysis, pelo + -ego. However, some sources say it comes from Spanish pellejo. When used in a political sense, it may be related to the saying "lobo em pele de cordeiro".
Pronunciation
Noun
pelego m (plural pelegos)
- sheepskin (skin of a sheep with the fleece left on)
- (figurative) doormat (someone that is over-submissive to others’ wishes)
- Synonym: capacho
- (politics) a member of a labor union or a labor union itself that acts contrary to the workers' best interest.