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A feminine noun is almost always used with feminine articles and adjectives (e.g. la mujer bonita, la luna llena).
1. (epidermis)
a. skin Su piel se bronceó en la playa.Her skin tanned at the beach.
2. (material) Regionalism used in Mexico
Regionalism used in Spain
a. leather (animal skin)Compró unas botas de piel.He bought some leather boots.
b. fur (pelt)Tiene una chamarra de piel de zorro.She has a fox fur coat.
3. (fruit)
a. skin No me gusta comer melocotones con la piel.I don't like to eat peaches with the skin on.
b. peel Quitó la piel de la naranja.She removed the orange peel.
pielA noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling or idea (e.g. man, dog, house).
2. (fig)
a. dejarse la pielto sweat blood
3. (fig)
a. jugarse la pielto risk one's neck
4. (fig)
a. ser de la piel del diabloto be a little devil
6. (cuero) Regionalism used in Mexico
a. leathercazadora/guantes de pielleather jacket/gloves
piel sintéticaimitation leather
7. (cáscara; de cítricos)
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piel
1 [de persona] skin tiene la piel grasa/seca she has oily/dry skin; estirarse la piel to have a facelift
dejarse la piel to give one's all
ponerse en la piel de algn to put o.s. in sb else's shoes
se me/le puso la piel de gallina I/he came out in goose pimples o goose flesh
ser de la piel de Barrabás o del diablo to be a little devil o monster
piel de naranja (por celulitis) orange-peel skin
2 [de animal] (gen) skin; [de vaca, búfalo, elefante] hide; [de foca, zorro, visón] fur; (cuero) leather abrigo de pieles fur coat; artículos de piel leather goods; una maleta de piel a leather suitcase
piel de ante suede
piel de becerro calf; calfskin
piel de cabra goatskin
piel de cerdo pigskin
piel de ternera calfskin
3 [de frutas] (gen) skin; [de naranja, limón] peel; [de manzana] skin; peel piel roja redskin los pieles rojas the redskins
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