pelota
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A small ball used in traditional Basque and Spanish ball games
- noun
- /pəˈloʊtə/
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pelota
- During the festival, children play with a bright red pelota on the sandy beach.
Examples
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It's ugly, but it's a pelota wow, I love it bringing some purple outside.
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One day, Felipe here is a champion jai alai player, and the next, he's hurling grenades instead of pelotas.
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In the game of jai alai, players use a curved racket to throw the pelota against the front wall.
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He practiced his skills by tossing the pelota back and forth with his friends in the courtyard.
Synonyms
ping-pong ball
vspelota
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1.0
A small, light, hollow plastic ball used in table tennis
is used in traditional Spanish and Latin American ball games such as jai alai
polo ball
vspelota
3.4
A small wooden ball that players hit with a long stick in the sport of polo
is used in traditional Spanish and Latin American ball games such as jai alai
Surface Forms
Etymology
Pelota comes from Spanish and French words meaning 'small ball', and a helpful English reminder is the word pellet, which also means a small round object. So a pelota is simply the ball used in games like jai alai or Basque pelota.