pelear
Portuguese
Verb
pelear (first-person singular present peleio, first-person singular preterite peleei, past participle peleado)
- (South Brazil) Alternative form of pelejar
Conjugation
Conjugation of pelear (e becomes ei when stressed) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
| Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First-person (eu) | Second-person (tu) | Third-person (ele / ela / você) | First-person (nós) | Second-person (vós) | Third-person (eles / elas / vocês) | |
| Infinitive | ||||||
| Impersonal | pelear | |||||
| Personal | pelear | peleares | pelear | pelearmos | peleardes | pelearem |
| Gerund | ||||||
| peleando | ||||||
| Past participle | ||||||
| Masculine | peleado | peleados | ||||
| Feminine | peleada | peleadas | ||||
| Indicative | ||||||
| Present | peleio | peleias | peleia | peleamos | peleais | peleiam |
| Imperfect | peleava | peleavas | peleava | peleávamos | peleáveis | peleavam |
| Preterite | peleei | peleaste | peleou | peleamos1, peleámos2 | peleastes | pelearam |
| Pluperfect | peleara | pelearas | peleara | peleáramos | peleáreis | pelearam |
| Future | pelearei | pelearás | peleará | pelearemos | peleareis | pelearão |
| Conditional | ||||||
| pelearia | pelearias | pelearia | pelearíamos | pelearíeis | peleariam | |
| Subjunctive | ||||||
| Present | peleie | peleies | peleie | peleemos | peleeis | peleiem |
| Imperfect | peleasse | peleasses | peleasse | peleássemos | peleásseis | peleassem |
| Future | pelear | peleares | pelear | pelearmos | peleardes | pelearem |
| Imperative | ||||||
| Affirmative | peleia | peleie | peleemos | peleai | peleiem | |
| Negative (não) | não peleies | não peleie | não peleemos | não peleeis | não peleiem | |
1Brazil.
2Portugal.
Spanish
Etymology
From pelo (“hair”) + -ear, in the sense of close physical combat, as in the expression agarrarse de las greñas (“to fight”, literally “to grab each others' matted locks”). Compare the semantic development of Romanian părui (“to fight by pulling hair”) from Romanian păr (“hair”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /peleˈaɾ/ [pe.leˈaɾ]
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: pe‧le‧ar
Verb
pelear (first-person singular present peleo, first-person singular preterite peleé, past participle peleado)
- (intransitive) to fight (to contend in physical conflict)
- Synonyms: luchar, lidiar, bregar
- (intransitive) to fight, to argue
- Synonym: discutir
- (intransitive) to fight for, to struggle against
- Synonyms: batallar, combatir, luchar, bregar
- 2022 December 21, Beatriz Serrano, “Los 85 años de Jane Fonda: de estrella de Hollywood a superestrella del activismo”, in El País:
- Sin embargo, se rebeló contra su destino cuando encontró motivos para pelear por un mundo mejor[.]
- (please add an English translation of this quote)
- (reflexive) to mutually fight
- Synonyms: luchar, reñir, (Mexico) madrearse
- (reflexive, by extension) to discord or dispute; to become enemies
- Synonym: enemistarse
- (reflexive, by extension) to lose or stop, temporally or definitively, a friendship, partnership, etc.
- Synonym: enojarse
Conjugation
Conjugation of pelear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | pelear | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | peleando | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | peleado | peleada | |||||
| plural | peleados | peleadas | |||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| indicative | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | peleo | peleastú peleásvos | pelea | peleamos | peleáis | pelean | |
| imperfect | peleaba | peleabas | peleaba | peleábamos | peleabais | peleaban | |
| preterite | peleé | peleaste | peleó | peleamos | peleasteis | pelearon | |
| future | pelearé | pelearás | peleará | pelearemos | pelearéis | pelearán | |
| conditional | pelearía | pelearías | pelearía | pelearíamos | pelearíais | pelearían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | pelee | peleestú peleésvos2 | pelee | peleemos | peleéis | peleen | |
| imperfect (ra) | peleara | pelearas | peleara | peleáramos | pelearais | pelearan | |
| imperfect (se) | pelease | peleases | pelease | peleásemos | peleaseis | peleasen | |
| future1 | peleare | peleares | peleare | peleáremos | peleareis | pelearen | |
| imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
| affirmative | peleatú peleávos | pelee | peleemos | pelead | peleen | ||
| negative | no pelees | no pelee | no peleemos | no peleéis | no peleen | ||
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of pelear
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| with infinitive pelear | |||||||
| dative | pelearme | pelearte | pelearle, pelearse | pelearnos | pelearos | pelearles, pelearse | |
| accusative | pelearme | pelearte | pelearlo, pelearla, pelearse | pelearnos | pelearos | pelearlos, pelearlas, pelearse | |
| with gerund peleando | |||||||
| dative | peleándome | peleándote | peleándole, peleándose | peleándonos | peleándoos | peleándoles, peleándose | |
| accusative | peleándome | peleándote | peleándolo, peleándola, peleándose | peleándonos | peleándoos | peleándolos, peleándolas, peleándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative pelea | |||||||
| dative | peléame | peléate | peléale | peléanos | not used | peléales | |
| accusative | peléame | peléate | peléalo, peléala | peléanos | not used | peléalos, peléalas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative peleá | |||||||
| dative | peleame | peleate | peleale | peleanos | not used | peleales | |
| accusative | peleame | peleate | pelealo, peleala | peleanos | not used | pelealos, pelealas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative pelee | |||||||
| dative | peléeme | not used | peléele, peléese | peléenos | not used | peléeles | |
| accusative | peléeme | not used | peléelo, peléela, peléese | peléenos | not used | peléelos, peléelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative peleemos | |||||||
| dative | not used | peleémoste | peleémosle | peleémonos | peleémoos | peleémosles | |
| accusative | not used | peleémoste | peleémoslo, peleémosla | peleémonos | peleémoos | peleémoslos, peleémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative pelead | |||||||
| dative | peleadme | not used | peleadle | peleadnos | peleaos | peleadles | |
| accusative | peleadme | not used | peleadlo, peleadla | peleadnos | peleaos | peleadlos, peleadlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative peleen | |||||||
| dative | peléenme | not used | peléenle | peléennos | not used | peléenles, peléense | |
| accusative | peléenme | not used | peléenlo, peléenla | peléennos | not used | peléenlos, peléenlas, peléense | |
Derived terms
- pelea
- peleador
Further reading
- “pelear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Anagrams
- pelare, pelaré, repela