pela

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pela
feminine noun
1peseta (Antes informal) (peninsular Spanish)
  • no tengo pelas -> I'm broke o skint (British)

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pela [pay'-lah]
noun
1Peeling (peladura). (m)
2Peseta. (m)
  • Doscientas pelas -> two hundred pesetas
3A whipping in school. (Mexico) (m)
4A reprimand. (Metaphorical) (m)

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pela
sustantivo:femenino
1 (Culin) peeling
2 (España) (familiar) (peseta) peseta
pelas (dinero) money; (s) unas buenas pelas a good few bucks; (familiar) mucha pela pela largao lots of dough; (muy_familiar) mirar la pela to be concerned only about money
cambiar echar la pelao (muy_familiar) to throw up; (familiar) puke (up); (familiar)
3 (Latinoamérica) (familiar) (zurra) beating
4 (México) (familiar) [de trabajo] slog; hard work; (Centroamérica) (fatiga) exhaustion

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