What does pelado in Spanish mean?

What is the meaning of the word pelado in Spanish? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use pelado in Spanish.

The word pelado in Spanish means peeling, bare, denuded, bald, baldy, broke, empty, deserted, oaf, boor, poor slob, peel, give a buzz cut, pluck, run away, take off, peel, at the top of 's lungs, very loudly, bitterly cold, freezing cold. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word pelado

peeling

nombre masculino (acción de pelar) (fruits, vegetables)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
El pelado del café se realiza en esta planta.
ⓘEsta oración no es una traducción de la original. Hand peeling of fruits and vegetables insures high quality of the resulting dish.

bare, denuded

adjetivo (desnudo) (tree: of leaves)

(adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house.")
Los árboles se quedaron sin hojas; están pelados.
The trees were stripped of leaves; they were bare (or: denuded).

bald

adjetivo (coloquial (calvo) (figurative: hairless)

(adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house.")
Mi marido es muy acomplejado porque es pelado.
My husband is very self-conscious because he's bald.

baldy

nombre masculino (coloquial (hombre calvo)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
¿Ves a ese pelado de allá? Es mi papá.
See that baldy over there? That's my dad.

broke

adjetivo (coloquial (pobre, sin dinero) (informal)

(adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house.")
Me tendrás que pagar tú la cerveza; me pillas pelado.
You'll have to pay for my beer: I'm broke.

empty, deserted

adjetivo (CR: coloquial (vacío)

(adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house.")
El estadio estaba pelado; apenas había unos cuantos aficionados.
The stadium was empty (or: deserted); there were barely any fans there.

oaf, boor

nombre masculino, nombre femenino (MX: coloquial (persona sin educación)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
No le hables a Martín que es un pelado.
Don't talk to Martín, because he's an oaf (or: a boor).

poor slob

nombre masculino, nombre femenino (coloquial (persona pobre) (US: informal)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Manuel era un pelado que no tenía ni donde caer muerto.
Manuel was a poor slob who didn't even have a place to lie down and die.

peel

verbo transitivo (fruta, tubérculo: quitar la piel)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
Pela las papas y después córtalas en rodajas.
Peel the potatoes, and then slice them.

give a buzz cut

verbo transitivo (cortar el cabello)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
El peluquero peló a rape a mi hijo.
The barber gave my son a buzz cut.

pluck

verbo transitivo (ave: desplumar)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
Odio pelar pollos porque es muy difícil quitarles todas las plumas.
I hate plucking chickens, because it's very difficult to get all the feathers off.

run away, take off

verbo pronominal (coloquial (huir, irse)

(phrasal verb, intransitive: Verb with adverb(s) or preposition(s), having special meaning and not taking direct object--for example, "make up" [=reconcile]: "After they fought, they made up.")
El actor está en bancarrota porque su contador se peló con todo su dinero.
The actor is in bankruptcy because his accountant ran away (or: took off) with all his money.

peel

verbo pronominal (persona: caerse la piel)

(intransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived.")
Se le está pelando la cara por haberse asoleado en la playa todo el día.
His face is peeling because he got too much sun spending the whole day on the beach.

at the top of 's lungs

locución adverbial (coloquial (gritando fuerte)

(expression: Prepositional phrase, adverbial phrase, or other phrase or expression--for example, "behind the times," "on your own.")
Anoche escuché una pelea entre los vecinos; se estaban insultando a grito limpio.
I heard the neighbours arguing last night; they were hurling insults at each other at the top of their lungs.

very loudly

(a gritos)

(adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house.")

bitterly cold, freezing cold

locución adjetiva (ES: coloquial (helado, congelado)

(adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house.")
Estaba pelado de frío por no haber cogido su abrigo.
I was freezing cold because I went out without a coat on.

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