pelar
Meanings
Verb
1. to peel (fruits, vegetables)
2. to skin (an animal)
3. to shell (nuts, shellfish)
4. to unwrap
5. to pluck (a bird)
6. to cut the hair of
7. to spread negative gossip, run down, criticise somebody (transitive)
8. to exfoliate
9. to steal (colloquial)
10. to fleece (colloquial)
11. to notice someone, to pay attention to someone (transitive, Mexico, colloquial, especially in the negative)
12. translated with "not care" (Spain, vulgar)
13. to have one's hair cut (reflexive)
14. to lose one's hair, to go bald (reflexive)
15. to peel (of skin, from the sun, etc.) (reflexive)
16. to fray (rope, wire) (reflexive)
17. to strip (to remove the insulation from a wire/cable)
18. (Chile) to steal (reflexive)
19. (Chile) to flirt (reflexive)
20. (Chile) to make out with a stranger at a social event (reflexive)
Examples76
X me la pela
I don't care about X (literally "X retracts my [penis]", "X jerks me off")
Hay que pelar el cable para poder conectarlo al conector.
The cable must be stripped to be able to connect it to the connector.
Me corté el dedo pelando papas.
I cut my finger peeling potatoes.
¡Ayúdame a pelar estos huevos!
Help me with shelling these eggs!
Él está pelando un huevo.
He's peeling an egg.
Es la primera vez que pelo papas.
This is the first time I've ever peeled potatoes.