pelo

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

pelo n (masculine pel, feminine pela, masculine plural pelos, feminine plural peles)

1. by means of the

From Latin pilus

pelo m (plural pelos)

1. hair
2. fur

• pelu

pelo

1. first-person singular present indicative form of pelar

From Spanish pelo (“hair”).

pelo

1. (anatomy) hair

From Old Portuguese, from Latin pilus.

• IPA^(key): [ˈpelʊ]

pelo m (plural pelos)

1. hair (individual strand)
2. hair (collectively, on the head)
3. fur

• (hair strand): cabelo

From Latin pilus, from Proto-Indo-European *pil-.

pelo m (plural peli)

1. hair (on the body)
2. surface (of the water)

• peloso
• pelame
• peluria
• spelare

• capello

pelo

1. first-person singular present indicative of pelare

From Latin pilus.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpelɐ/

pelo ? (please add the plural)

1. hair (of the body)

pelo

1. heart

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

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɨ.lu/, /plu/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pe.lu/
• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /pe.lo/

pelo m (plural pelos, feminine pela, feminine plural pelas)

1. Contraction of por o; by the; for the; through the
   • 2007, J. K. Rowling, Lya Wyler, Harry Potter e as Relíquias da Morte, Rocco, page 244:

     E os meus podem estar indo pelo mesmo caminho!

     And mine may be going through the same way!

From Old Portuguese, from Latin pilus, from Proto-Indo-European *pil-.

• pêlo (pre-Orthographic Agreement of 1990)

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpe.lu/
• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpe.lo/

pelo m (plural pelos)

1. hair (filament which grows on the skin of mammals), except hair on top of humans’ heads, which is called cabelo

   O adolescente ficou feliz quando viu nascer os primeiros pelos do seu bigode.

   The teenager was happy when he saw the first hairs of his moustache emerging.

2. hair (an animal’s hair as a whole)

   Preciso cortar o pelo do meu gato.

   I need to cut my cat’s hair.

3. (by extension) any filament which grows on plants and non-mammals

   Pelos de tarântula.

   Tarantula hair.

   Não toques o pelo de uma urtiga.

   Don’t touch a nettle’s hair.

• (hair as a whole): pelagem
• (any filament): fio, filamento

Inflected form of pelar (“to remove hair”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛ.lu/
• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpɛ.lo/

pelo

1. first-person singular (eu) present indicative of pelar

pelo class 9/10 (plural dipelo)

1. heart

• IPA^(key): /ˈpelo/

From Latin pilus, from Proto-Indo-European *pil-.

pelo m (plural pelos)

1. hair (a single hair)
2. hair (all hair on the head)

   Synonym: cabello

• pelar
• peluca

See the etymology of the main entry.

pelo

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of pelar.

• “pelo” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.