pelado

Galician

Participle

pelado (feminine pelada, masculine plural pelados, feminine plural peladas)

1. past participle of pelar

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /peˈla.du/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /peˈla.du/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /peˈla.do/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɨˈla.du/ [pɨˈla.ðu]

• Hyphenation: pe‧la‧do

Participle

pelado (feminine pelada, masculine plural pelados, feminine plural peladas)

1. past participle of pelar

Adjective

pelado (feminine pelada, masculine plural pelados, feminine plural peladas)

1. skinned
2. (Brazil, colloquial) naked (not wearing any clothes)

   Synonym: nu

   • 1985, Ultraje a Rigor (lyrics and music), “Pelado”, in 2 é Demais:

     Pelado, pelado / Nu com a mão no bolso

     Naked, naked. Nude with hands in pockets.

Related terms

• pelar

Spanish

Etymology

From the past participle of pelar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /peˈlado/ [peˈla.ð̞o]
• Rhymes: -ado
• Syllabification: pe‧la‧do

Adjective

pelado (feminine pelada, masculine plural pelados, feminine plural peladas)

1. peeled, skinned, shelled (having the outer layer e.g. peel, skin, husk etc. removed)
2. treeless, bare (with no or little vegetation)
3. hairless

   Synonym: lampiño

4. bald

   Synonyms: calvo, pelón

5. child, young, childish

   Synonym: sardino

6. (figuratively) broke, penniless (without money)

   Synonym: tieso

7. (figuratively) uncultivated, uncivilized

   Synonym: inculto

8. (by extension, Mexico) obscene, filthy

   Synonyms: grosero, obsceno

9. (Chile) naked, nude

   Synonym: nudo

10. (Chile) promiscuous

    Synonym: promiscuo

Derived terms

• a grito pelado
• rabo pelado

 

Noun

pelado m (plural pelados, feminine pelada, feminine plural peladas)

1. baldie

   Synonym: pelón

   Antonym: peludo

2. child

Participle

pelado (feminine pelada, masculine plural pelados, feminine plural peladas)

1. past participle of pelar

Further reading

• “pelado”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014