pelear

== Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: pe‧le‧ar === Verb === pelear (first-person singular present peleio, first-person singular preterite peleei, past participle peleado) (South Brazil) alternative form of pelejar ==== Conjugation ==== === Further reading === “pelear”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “pelear”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === From pelo (“hair”) +‎ -ear, in the sense of close physical combat, as in the expression agarrarse de las greñas (“to fight”, literally “to grab each others' matted locks”). Compare the semantic development of Romanian părui (“to fight by pulling hair”) from Romanian păr (“hair”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /peleˈaɾ/ [pe.leˈaɾ] Rhymes: -aɾ Syllabification: pe‧le‧ar === Verb === pelear (first-person singular present peleo, first-person singular preterite peleé, past participle peleado) (intransitive) to fight (to contend in physical conflict) Synonyms: luchar, lidiar, bregar (intransitive) to fight, to argue Synonym: discutir (intransitive) to fight for, to struggle against Synonyms: batallar, combatir, luchar, bregar (reflexive) to mutually fight Synonyms: luchar, reñir, (Mexico) madrearse (reflexive, by extension) to discord or dispute; to become enemies Synonym: enemistarse (reflexive, by extension) to lose or stop, temporally or definitively, a friendship, partnership, etc. Synonym: enojarse ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “pelear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 === Anagrams === pelare, pelaré, repela