pelo

From a contraction of the preposition per (“by means of, by way of”) + neuter singular article lo (“the”).

pelo n (masculine pel, feminine pela, masculine plural pelos, feminine plural peles)

1. by means of the

From Latin pilus.

pelo m (plural pelos)

1. hair (mass of hairs)
2. fur

• pelu

pelo

1. first-person singular present indicative form of pelar

From Spanish pelo (“hair”), from Latin pilus.

pelo

1. (anatomy) hair

From Latin pilus. As with the Portuguese cognate pelo, the preservation of single /l/ in intervocalic position is irregular and may be the result of analogy with cabelo < Latin capillus.

• IPA^(key): [ˈpelʊ]

pelo m (plural pelos)

1. hair (individual strand)

   Synonym: cabelo

2. hair (collectively, on the head)

   Synonym: cabelo

3. fur

   Synonyms: pelame, pelica

• pelame
• pelamio
• pelexa
• pelexar
• pelexo
• peluxe

• “pelo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “pelo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “pelo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

From Latin pellis.

pelo (plural peli)

1. skin

• IPA^(key): /ˈpe.lo/
• Rhymes: -elo
• Hyphenation: pé‧lo

From Latin pilus, from Proto-Indo-European *pil-.

pelo m (plural peli)

1. hair (on the body)
2. surface (of water)

• capello

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

pelo

1. first-person singular present indicative of pelare

• olpe

From Latin pilus.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpelɐ/

pelo m (plural pili)

1. hair (of the body)

pelo

1. heart

pelo

1. dog

From Old Portuguese pello, from Vulgar Latin *per (“by; through”) + *lo (“the”).

pelo (feminine pela, masculine plural pelos, feminine plural pelas)

1. Contraction of por o; by the; for the; through the
   • 2007, J. K. Rowling, Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e as Relíquias da Morte, Rocco, page 244:

     E os meus podem estar indo pelo mesmo caminho!

     And mine may be going through the same way!

From Old 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.[1]

• pêlo (pre-Orthographic Agreement of 1990)

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

   O adolescente ficou feliz quando viu nascer os primeiros pelos do seu bigode.

   The teenager was happy when he saw the first hairs of his moustache emerging.

2. hair (an animal’s hair as a whole)

   Preciso cortar o pelo do meu gato.

   I need to cut my cat’s hair.

   Synonym: pelagem

3. (by extension) any filament which grows on plants and non-mammals

   Pelos de tarântula.

   Tarantula hair.

   Não toques o pelo de uma urtiga.

   Don’t touch a nettle’s hair.

   Synonyms: fio, filamento

Inflected form of pelar (“to remove hair”).

pelo

1. first-person singular present indicative of pelar

pelo class 9/10 (plural dipelo)

1. heart

• IPA^(key): /ˈpelo/ [ˈpe.lo]
• Rhymes: -elo
• Syllabification: pe‧lo

From Latin pilus, from Proto-Indo-European *pil-. Compare English pile (“fine, short hair of certain animals”).

pelo m (plural pelos)

1. hair (a single hair)
2. hair (all hair on the head)

   Synonym: cabello

3. fur

• pelar
• peluca

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

pelo

1. first-person singular present indicative of pelar

• “pelo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

pelo

1. dog