pellejo
Chavacano
Etymology
From Spanish pellejo.
Noun
pellejo
- skin (of humans, animals and fruits)
Spanish
Etymology
From pelleja.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /peˈʝexo/ [peˈʝe.xo]
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /peˈʎexo/ [peˈʎe.xo]
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /peˈʃexo/ [peˈʃe.xo]
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /peˈʒexo/ [peˈʒe.xo]
- Rhymes: -exo
- Syllabification: pe‧lle‧jo
Noun
pellejo m (plural pellejos)
- skin, hide
- (dead) skin
- wineskin
Related terms
- pellejero
- pellejería
- despellejar
- jugarse el pellejo
Further reading
- “pellejo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014