pela

pela (uncountable)

1. Chinese wax
   • 1813, John Mason Good, Olinthus Gilbert Gregory, Pantologia

     Thus we have the myrtle wax of America extracted from the berries of the myrica cerifera, and the pela of the Chinese.

• Alep, LEAP, Lape, Leap, Peal, e-pal, leap, pale, pale-, peal, plea

From a contraction of the preposition per (“by means of, by way of”) + feminine singular article la (“the”).

pela f (masculine pel, neuter pelo, masculine plural pelos, feminine plural peles)

1. by means of the

pela

1. third-person singular present indicative form of pelar
2. second-person singular imperative form of pelar

pela f (plural peles)

1. peseta

pela

1. third-person singular past historic of peler

• Alep, lape, lapé, pale, pâle

Perhaps from Vulgar Latin *pilla, from Latin pilula (“pellet”). In that case, cognate with Spanish pella.[1]

• penla

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛla̝/

pela f (plural pelas)

1. lump, dollop, mass (of butter, grease, lard)

Back-formation from pelar (“to skin”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛla̝/

pela f (plural pelas)

1. peel
2. peeling (of skin)

From Latin palella (“little shovel”), from pala (“shovel”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛla̝/

pela f (plural pelas)

1. trowel; small shovel
   • 1373, E. Cal Pardo (ed.), Colección diplomática medieval do arquivo da catedral de Mondoñedo. Santiago: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 191:

     Item enna cosina hua caldeyra de cobre con seus ferros et hua peella

     Item, in the kitchen a cooper cauldron with its irons [for hanging] and a spatula

2. vanes or blades of a water wheel

From Latin per + illa.

pela f sg (plural pelas, masculine pelo, masculine plural pelos)

1. contraction of por (“by; through”) and a (“the”) (archaic)

• “pela” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “peella” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “pela” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “pela” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “pela” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

pela

1. third-person singular present indicative of pelare
2. second-person singular imperative of pelare

• alpe, pale, Pale

From Old Portuguese pela, from Vulgar Latin *per (“by; through”) + *la (“the”).

• pêla (superseded)
• pella (archaic)

• IPA^(key): /ˈpe.lɐ/

pela f sg (plural pelas, masculine pelo, masculine plural pelos)

1. contraction of por (“by; through”) and a (“the”)

Inflected form of pelar (“to skin”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛ.lɐ/

pela

1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of pelar

   Ele pela a carcaça.

   He skins the carcass.

2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of pelar

   Tu aí, pela a carcaça sozinho.

   You there, skin the carcass by yourself.

pela f (plural pelas)

1. a hit or a beating
2. (colloquial) Peseta (former currency of Spain)

• golpe
• paliza

pela

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of pelar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of pelar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of pelar.