pelleja

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *pellicla, from Latin pellicula, diminutive of pellis (“pelt, hide”). Compare the borrowed doublet película.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /peˈʝexa/ [peˈʝe.xa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /peˈʝexa/ [peˈʝe.xa]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /peˈʎexa/ [peˈʎe.xa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /peˈʃexa/ [peˈʃe.xa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /peˈʒexa/ [peˈʒe.xa]

• Rhymes: -exa
• Syllabification: pe‧lle‧ja

Noun

pelleja f (plural pellejas)

1. animal skin, hide

   Synonyms: cuero, piel

2. pelt

   Synonym: piel

Derived terms

• pellejo

 

Related terms

• película
• piel

 

Further reading

• “pelleja”, 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