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Chavacano
Etymology
Inherited from Spanish pellejo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /peˈʎexo/,
- Hyphenation: pe‧lle‧jo
Noun
pellejo
- skin (of humans, animals, and fruits)
Spanish
Etymology
From pelleja.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /peˈʝexo/
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /peˈʎexo/
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /peˈʃexo/
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /peˈʒexo/
- Rhymes: -exo
- Syllabification: pe‧lle‧jo
Noun
pellejo m (plural pellejos)
- skin, hide
2023 August 30, “El PSOE, sobre la oferta de Feijóo: “Nos ofrece un pacto con Vox para derogar el sanchismo en dos años””, in El País:El PSOE, que ha reunido a su ejecutiva tras el encuentro, ha rechazado el ofrecimiento afirmando que lo que ofrece Feijóo a los socialistas es “un pacto con Vox para derogar el sanchismo en dos años” y aduciendo que el líder del PP no piensa en la estabilidad de España, sino en “salvar su pellejo”.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (dead) skin
- wineskin
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