Hairy question

Question

What is the difference in usage between 'pelo' and 'cabello'?

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Thank you for filling out your profile a vote for you from me for that . - ray76, Jan 3, 2016

Answer 1

"Pelo" is generally used to speak of your "hair" as a total of all that stuff on your head.

"Cabello" is used to speak of each individual hair.

Now after saying that, I have also heard the reverse and other variations. What I have given here is what is usually found in the textbooks.

Here's a link which quotes the RAE backing up my answer.

cabello vs. pelo

Funny how things go...this was my first question on SD. - rac1, Jan 3, 2016

Tomado en cuenta las explicaciones del RAE, se puede uno confundirse por el simple hecho de que el uso es regional, ej: "cabello" puede ser singular o plural y a veces jugando con palabras se puede decir "los pelos" para una buena carcajada............... - 005faa61, Jan 3, 2016

......Además, "los vellos" son los pelos individuales que salen en otras partes del cuerpo humano menos la cabeza. Punto aparte, parece que la RAE trata "pelo" más como un termino sientífico llamandolo "Filamento cilíndrico". Pero bien: ¡tu pelo es bello! - 005faa61, Jan 3, 2016

¡Y también me encanta el color de tu cabello! - 005faa61, Jan 3, 2016

Answer 2

One is very limited and the other is more versatile in how to describe types of hair and fur.

Put each one in the available dictionary to learn more.

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Good comment , check out the comments on the Picture of the day , I corrected you before I reread the post , luckily jubilado and I saw it in time , before you had pups. - ray76, Jan 3, 2016