pelea

Learned borrowing from New Latin pelea, from Hawaiian Pele (Hawaiian fire goddess) + -ea. Equivalent to Pele +‎ -a.

pelea (plural peleas)

1. (dated, botany) Synonym of melicope: a plant of the genus Pelea.

• Peale

• IPA^(key): /peˈlea/ [peˈle.a]
• Rhymes: -ea
• Syllabification: pe‧le‧a

Deverbal from pelear (“to fight”).

pelea f (plural peleas)

1. fight, brawl

   Synonyms: lucha, riña

2. struggle (physical)
3. quarrel, argument
4. (boxing) fight, bout

• pelea a puñetazos (“fistfight”)
• pelea de barro
• pelea de gallos

pelea

1. inflection of pelear:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• “pelea”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024