Pelar

Fri, Feb 26, 2016

Dictionaries will tell you that the verb pelar means peel (fruit). Fair enough, but you're more likely to hear its informal meaning: notice someone's existence.

Less frequently, I've heard no me fumas with the same meaning.

Me la pelas

Pelársela is an obscene expression whose literal translation would be masturbate. As if often the case, the unidentified la refers to verga, penis. In the examples below, the idea is masturbate me/us, an insult. The simple present is used here with the force of a command.

Pelado

A pelado is a naco.

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