"pelo" meaning in Portuguese

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Contraction

IPA: /pe.lu/ [Brazil], /pe.lu/ [Brazil], /pe.lo/ [Southern-Brazil], /pe.lu/ [Portugal], /plu/ [Portugal] Forms: pela [feminine], pelos [masculine, plural], pelas [feminine, plural]
Etymology: From Old Galician-Portuguese pello, from Vulgar Latin *per (“by; through”) + *lo (“the”). Etymology templates: {{inh|pt|roa-opt|pello}} Old Galician-Portuguese pello, {{inh|pt|VL.|*per||by; through}} Vulgar Latin *per (“by; through”), {{m|la|*lo||the}} *lo (“the”)
  1. Contraction of por o; by the; for the; through the Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, contraction Alternative form of: por o (extra: by the; for the; through the)
    Sense id: en-pelo-pt-contraction-pt:por_o Categories (other): Portuguese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Portuguese entries with incorrect language header: 21 26 1 30 22
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈpe.lu/ Forms: pelos [plural]
Etymology: From Old Galician-Portuguese pelo, from Latin pilus, from Proto-Indo-European *pil-. The retention of single Latin /l/ in intervocalic position is irregular and may be the product of analogy with the near-synonym cabelo < Latin capillus. Etymology templates: {{inh|pt|roa-opt|pelo}} Old Galician-Portuguese pelo, {{inh|pt|la|pilus}} Latin pilus, {{der|pt|ine-pro|*pil-}} Proto-Indo-European *pil-, {{m|pt|cabelo}} cabelo, {{m|la|capillus}} capillus Head templates: {{pt-noun|m}} pelo m (plural pelos)
  1. hair (filament which grows on the skin of mammals), except hair on top of humans’ heads, which is called cabelo Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-pelo-pt-noun-pt:filament_of_hair Categories (other): Portuguese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Portuguese entries with incorrect language header: 21 26 1 30 22
  2. hair (an animal’s hair as a whole) Tags: masculine Synonyms: pelagem
    Sense id: en-pelo-pt-noun-pt:hair_as_a_whole
  3. (by extension) any filament which grows on plants and non-mammals Tags: broadly, masculine Synonyms: fio, filamento
    Sense id: en-pelo-pt-noun-pt:any_filament Categories (other): Portuguese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Portuguese entries with incorrect language header: 21 26 1 30 22
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: pêlo (english: pre-1990 spelling)
Etymology number: 2 Related terms: a pelo, em pelo, no pelo, nu em pelo, pelado, pelagem, pelame, pelar, pelo radicular, peludo, pelugem, peluginoso

Verb

IPA: /ˈpɛ.lu/
Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Etymology templates: {{nonlemma}} See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Head templates: {{head|pt|verb form}} pelo
  1. first-person singular present indicative of pelar Tags: first-person, form-of, indicative, present, singular Form of: pelar
    Sense id: en-pelo-pt-verb-pt:form_of_pelar Categories (other): Portuguese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Portuguese entries with incorrect language header: 21 26 1 30 22
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        "2": "verb form"
      },
      "expansion": "pelo",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "pe‧lo"
  ],
  "lang": "Portuguese",
  "lang_code": "pt",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "pelar"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "first-person singular present indicative of pelar"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pelar",
          "pelar#Portuguese"
        ]
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "pt:form of pelar"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "form-of",
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpɛ.lu/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "pelo"
}

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