pelotear

== Spanish == === Etymology === From pelota (“ball”) +‎ -ear. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /peloteˈaɾ/ [pe.lo.t̪eˈaɾ] Rhymes: -aɾ Syllabification: pe‧lo‧te‧ar === Verb === pelotear (first-person singular present peloteo, first-person singular preterite peloteé, past participle peloteado) (sports) to have an informal game, play for fun (tennis) to knock up (tennis) to kick a ball about (transitive) to twirl around, to swing about to bicker, argue (colloquial, intransitive) to suck up; brownnose Synonyms: hacer la pelota, lamer el culo ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “pelotear”, 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 “pelotear”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010