tocapelotas
Spanish
noun
Definitions
- (colloquial) pain in the ass
Etymology
Affix from Spanish, Castilian tocar (play) + Spanish, Castilian pelota (ball).
Origin
Spanish
pelota
Gloss
ball
Concept
Semantic Field
Spatial relations
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
玉
Emoji
⚽️ ⚾️ ⛳️ ⛹️ ⛹️♀️ ⛹️♂️ 🍙 🎊 🎱 🎳 🎾 🏀 🏈 🏉 🏌️ 🏏 🏐 🏑 🏓 🔮 🤾 🥍 🥎 🧶
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- pelota English
- *tuccō Latin
- pila Latin
- apelotar Spanish, Castilian
- hinchapelotas Spanish, Castilian
- pelota Spanish, Castilian
- pelotazo Spanish, Castilian
- pelotear Spanish, Castilian
- pelotero Spanish, Castilian
- tocadiscos Spanish, Castilian
- tocador Spanish, Castilian
- tocar Spanish, Castilian
- pelote Old French
- pelota Old Occitan
- peluta Tetelcingo Nahuatl
- peḻot Yatzachi Zapotec