pelada
pelada
∗pelada [pay-lah’-dah]
noun
1Pelt, the skin of a sheep stripped of the wool. (f)
2Haircut (corte de pelo). (Ante Meridian & Latin American) (m)
3(Cono Sur) Bald head (calva). (m)
4Blunder (error). (Andes & Central America & Caribbean) (m)
article & past participle
1Past participle of PELAR.
2Plucked; bared, decorticated.
3Hairless, without hair (cabeza).
4Applied to fields or mountains without shrubs or plants; bare.
5Broke (sin dinero), penniless. (Ante Meridian & Latin American) (m)
6Coarse, crude (grosero). (Mexico) (m)
7Impudent (descarado). (Ante Meridian & Central America & Caribbean) (m)
- Estar pelad -> or ser un pelado, (coll.) to be penniless, to be nobody
- Cobra el sueldo pelado -> he gets just the bare salary
- El cinco mil pelado -> exactly five thousand
bald.
Collins Complete Spanish Electronic Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
