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Galician
Pronunciation
Noun
repelo m (plural repelos)
- hammer used to sharpen a scythe or sickle
- stepfather
- uncut grass left with the sickle by a poor skilled harvester
Adverb
repelo
- grudgingly, reluctantly
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Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /reˈpelo/
- Rhymes: -elo
- Syllabification: re‧pe‧lo
Etymology 1
Deverbal from repeler.
Noun
repelo m (plural repelos)
- (colloquial) disgust, aversion
- Synonyms: aversión, repugnancia
- hangnail
- Synonym: padrastro
- knot of wood
- (Latin America) junk
- Synonyms: basura, chatarra
- (Latin America) rag (used cloths)
- Synonyms: trapo, traste
- ugly hair
- something sticking out
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Verb
repelo
- first-person singular present indicative of repelar
- first-person singular present indicative of repeler
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