pelambrera

Spanish

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Noun

pelambrera f (plural pelambreras)

1. mop of hair
   • 1891, Emilia Pardo Bazán, La piedra angular:

     Moragas reparó en su cabeza deprimida, con pelambrera sombría, semejante a las pelucas de los villanos de comedia.

     Moragas considered their dejected head with its dark cloud of hair, similar to the wigs worn by comic villains.

Related terms

• pelambre

Further reading

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