Today’s Spanish word of the day is “pelear”.
It’s a verb meaning “to fight” or “to argue”.
It comes from the word “pelo” (“hair”), since if you get into a fight you might end up grabbing someone’s hair!
“Pelear” is a regular verb that has the same conjugation pattern as other regular -ar verbs.
Example sentences
¿Por qué pelean?
Why are they fighting?
No quiero pelear contigo.
I don’t want to argue with you.
El héroe de la película tuvo que pelear contra muchos enemigos.
The hero of the movie had to fight against many enemies.
No deberías pelear con ella.
You shouldn’t fight with her.
¿Peleas con tu hermano mayor?
Do you fight with your older brother?
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