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Meaning of "pelota" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PELOTA

From Spanish: ball, from Old French pelote.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF PELOTA

pelota  [pəˈlɒtə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PELOTA

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Pelota is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PELOTA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of pelota in the English dictionary

The definition of pelota in the dictionary is any of various games played in Spain, Spanish America, SW France, etc, by two players who use a basket strapped to their wrists or a wooden racket to propel a ball against a specially marked wall.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PELOTA


allotter
əˈlɒtə
blotter
ˈblɒtə
clotter
ˈklɒtə
complotter
kəmˈplɒtə
cotta
ˈkɒtə
cotter
ˈkɒtə
globetrotter
ˈɡləʊbˌtrɒtə
gotta
ˈɡɒtə
hotter
ˈhɒtə
lotta
ˈlɒtə
lotter
ˈlɒtə
otter
ˈɒtə
plotter
ˈplɒtə
potter
ˈpɒtə
ricotta
rɪˈkɒtə
sandlotter
ˈsændˌlɒtə
slotter
ˈslɒtə
spotter
ˈspɒtə
terracotta
ˌtɛrəˈkɒtə
trotter
ˈtrɒtə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PELOTA

peloid
pelology
pelon
Peloponnese
Peloponnesian
Peloponnesian War
Peloponnesos
Peloponnesus
Pelops
peloria
pelorian
peloric
pelorised
pelorism
pelorus
Pelotas
pelotherapy
peloton
pelt
pelta

WORDS THAT END LIKE PELOTA

biota
bota
Carlota
chota
Dakota
diota
flota
import quota
iota
jota
Kota
lota
microbiota
Minnesota
North Dakota
nota
quota
rota
sapota
South Dakota

Synonyms and antonyms of pelota in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «pelota» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PELOTA

Find out the translation of pelota to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of pelota from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «pelota» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

回力球
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

pelota
570 millions of speakers

English

pelota
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Pelota
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

pelota
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Pelota
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

pelota
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

Pelota
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

pelote
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pelota
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Pelota
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ペロタ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

pelota
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pelota
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Pelota
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

pelota
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पेलोटा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

pelota
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

pelota
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pelota
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Pelota
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

pelota
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πελότας
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

pelota
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

pelota
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

pelota
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of pelota

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PELOTA»

The term «pelota» is very widely used and occupies the 22.179 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of pelota
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «pelota».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PELOTA» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «pelota» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «pelota» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about pelota

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PELOTA»

Discover the use of pelota in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to pelota and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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La Leyenda del Juego de Pelota
NOTAS 0. El Juego de Pelota Tlachtli en náhuatl, pokyab o pok-ta—pok en maya y taladzi en zapoteca, era una actividad sagrada que se jugaba para conocer el designio de los dioses, en ocasiones con un sentido de ordalía. Los españoles ...
Andrés López Rentería, 2012
2
La Pelota:
Jaime, muy contento, fue corriendo a buscar su pelota para jugar con el perrito. ¡ Y no te puedes imaginar lo bien que se lo pasaron los dos! Parecía que por fin Jaime había encontrado a alguien a quien le gustara la pelota tanto como a él, ...
Conchita Cornejo, 2012
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Propriety and Permissiveness in Bourbon Mexico
In fact, it was for this reason that they built the pelota court. In 1787, the commissioner general of the order had written: "Through the uninterrupted passage of centuries, from the Greeks, the Romans, and more civilized and cultured nations, the ...
Juan Pedro Viqueira Albán, 1999
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Sports Around the World: History, Culture, and Practice
Basque pelota is a folk game from Basque country that became a Basque national sport. Pelota is also played in other regions of Spain and France and also in Latin America, where it was spread by the Basque diaspora. Transformed into the ...
John Nauright, Charles Parrish, 2012
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En Rumbo:
El equipo: banador, red, pelota de voley y ganas de saltar para pasar la pelota al terreno del bando enemigo. El mismo jugador no puede tocar la pelota dos veces seguidas. FRISBEE Se practica entre dos o tres, o los que quieras. Consiste ...
‎1999
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Metaphor and Intercultural Communication
So it seems that out of the cohabitation of the newly coined calque and the old Spanish one a new idiom has been born, namely, 'estar la pelota en el tejado de alguien', which would result in a nonsensical expression if translated into English , ...
Andreas Musolff, Fiona MacArthur, Giulio Pagani, 2014
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Tutoriales para física introductoria
Aplicación de los teoremas de trabajo-energía y de impulso y cantidad de movimiento Consiga una cuña, una pelota, una rampa de cartón y versiones ampliadas de los dos diagramas que siguen (o dibújelos en una hoja grande de papel).
Peter S. Shaffer, 1997
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LIFE
207000. years. ago,. the. JJasques. arrived. in. tne. xyrenees. with. 2. prized. possessions: tne. beret. and. tne. pelota. ball. FRANCE. R15 BEAT NEXT SUMMERS HEAT! BUY NOW-AND SAVE! LIMITED TIME ONLY. Some people claim that ...
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Water Transport Origns & Early Evolution
THE PELOTA OR HIDE BALSA OF SOUTH AMERICA A rude form of skin coracle , of simpler construction than the bull boat of North America, is scattered widely throughout a vast area in South America, where it is commonly known by the ...
10
Meiosis and Gametogenesis
Spermatocytes in [male and pelota mutants carry out chromosome condensation and centrosome duplication but not spindle formation, nuclear lamina breakdown , or chromosome congression at the metaphase plate. Despite their failure to ...
‎1997

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PELOTA»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term pelota is used in the context of the following news items.
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Orioles corta racha perdedora con lanzamientos de González
El jugador de los Orioles de Baltimore David Lough (9) se deliza en la antesala mientras la pelota se le escapa al tercera base de los Rays de ... «Watertown Daily Times, Jul 15»
2
Mets compran a Uribe, Johnson de los Bravos
En esta imagen de archivo, tomada el 9 de julio de 2015, el tercera base dominicano de los Bravos de Atlanta Juan Uribe (2) lanza la pelota a ... «Watertown Daily Times, Jul 15»
3
El Barça cae derrotado ante el Manchester United (3-1)
El delantero inglés ha rematado de cabeza, y a la perfección, una pelota centrada desde el córner. Ter Stegen no ha podido hacer nada ante ... «Weloba, Jul 15»
4
Alfaro: "Portuguesa se juega la vida ante Metropolitanos"
El ariete portugueseño opinó sobre lo que le falta al equipo rojinegro, además de no meter la pelota en las tantas oportunidades que se han ... «Meridiano, Jul 15»
5
Q&A: Chris Columbus y los efectos especiales detrás de 'Pixels'
Una de las cosas que no ha cambiado en 15 años -- desde Harry Potter-- es que todavía usamos una pelota verde de tenis pegada a un palo ... «CNET en Español, Jul 15»
6
MoMA's 'Mexico at Midnight' Noir Series Offers Taut Thrillers
Matinee idol Pedro Armendáriz stars as an outright bastard of a sports hero, a worldwide great at pelota, or jai alai. Early on his Marcos kicks a ... «Village Voice, Jul 15»
7
Caron Butler: De la cárcel a la gloria en la NBA
... la religión y la presencia de un entrenador que lo ayudó a ver como una simple pelota naranja podría ser la herramienta de su redención. «ESPN Deportes, Jul 15»
8
Venezuela debutó sin suerte en el béisbol panamericano
Pero Kimbrell llegó a primera antes que la pelota. En la selección estadounidense hay una bombera, una enfermera y dos estudiantes de secundaria. «Meridiano, Jul 15»
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Juan Vené en la pelota
Cuando comenzó la campaña de 1888, la pelota de las menores y las mayores era solo de los blancos. Y hasta 60 años después, cuando la ... «El Carabobeño, Jul 15»
10
YouTube: ¿Por qué este balón realiza una extraña curva en el aire?
Así se observa que la pelota realiza un recorrido más largo cuando se ... En el caso de la pelota del video de YouTube dicho fluido es el aire, ... «LaRepública.pe, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Pelota [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/pelota>. Apr 2024 ».
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