Difference between 'cabello' and 'pelo'?

Question

Can anyone tell me what the difference is between 'cabello' and 'pelo'? Or how they would be used differently? Thanks, Julie

Answer 1

Usually they are synonymous when referring to hair on your head. If you were talking about hair on you arm, however, it is pelo; not cabello.

Answer 2

Julie, cabello is used for hair that's on your head. Anywhere else on the body is pelo. Plus, pelo can be used for animal hair.

P.S: Vello can also refer to hair on the body.

Thanks, dictionaries weren't clear! - Julie_in_Portsmouth, Dec 17, 2011

vello, good choice, I can never remember that word. - 0074b507, Dec 17, 2011

Buena respuesta! - RaulSpaniard, Dec 17, 2011