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What does «pelarse» mean in Dominican Spanish?
pelarse
to slip away; to scrape yourself; to get a haircut
| Meaning | to slip away; to scrape yourself; to get a haircut |
|---|---|
| Standard Spanish | escabullirse; rasparse; cortarse el pelo |
| Register | Colloquial |
«Se peló antes de que llegara la policía.»
He slipped away before the police got there.
To disappear from a place — and to scrape or burn yourself in a fall, and to get your hair cut. It is also to lose in the lottery, and in a darker sense to die.
Related Dominican words
- a cada rato — all the time
- a la veldá que — honestly, truth is
- aficie — a crush, being head over heels
- ajumao / ajumá — drunk
- allá tú — suit yourself
- anda pal diablo — get out of here!
- bacano / vacano — awesome, cool
- bregar — to deal with, to handle
- bultero / bultera — all talk, a big mouth
- buscársela — to hustle, to get by
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