pelotear

From pelota (“ball”) +‎ -ear.

• IPA^(key): /peloteˈaɾ/ [pe.lo.t̪eˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: pe‧lo‧te‧ar

pelotear (first-person singular present peloteo, first-person singular preterite peloteé, past participle peloteado)

1. (sports) to have an informal game, play for fun
   1. (tennis) to knock up
   2. (tennis) to kick a ball about
2. (transitive) to twirl around, to swing about
3. to bicker, argue
4. (colloquial, intransitive) to suck up; brownnose

   Synonyms: hacer la pelota, lamer el culo

• “pelotear”, 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
• “pelotear”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010