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pelota

pelota

English

Noun

pelota (uncountable)

  1. any of a variety of Spanish sports played against a wall

See also


Esperanto

Adjective

pelota (accusative singular pelotan, plural pelotaj, accusative plural pelotajn)

  1. singular future passive participle of peli

Finnish

Verb

pelota

  1. Indicative present connegative form of pelottaa.
  2. Second-person singular imperative present form of pelottaa.
  3. Second-person singular imperative present connegative form of pelottaa.

Anagrams


French

Verb

pelota

  1. third-person singular past historic of peloter

Galician

Etymology

From Occitan pelota, from Latin pila.

Pronunciation

Noun

pelota f (plural pelotas)

  1. ball

Synonyms


Portuguese

Noun

pelota f (plural pelotas)

  1. a small ball or sphere

Spanish

Etymology

Via Provençal from Latin pila.

Noun

pelota f (plural pelotas)

  1. ball

pelota m, f (plural pelotas)

  1. teacher's pet; brown noser

Usage notes

Teacher's pet sense: term may be m or f depending on the gender of the person being referred to. An associated hand gesture is waving a hand up or down as if bouncing a ball.

Derived terms