Pronúncia: péʎ
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femení
- [persona] skin.
- [fruita] rind, skin, peel.
- [animal] skin, hide, pelt.
- leather.
- fur.
- bossa de pell leather bag.
- un abric de pells a fur coat.
- ésser de la pell de Barrabàs to be (wicked \evil).
- ésser una mala pell to be a bad sort.
- tenir la pell dura to be hard-skinned, have great powers of endurance.
- tenir la pell gruixuda to be thick-skinned, insensitive.
- malalties de la pell skin diseases.
- no tenir sinó la pell i l’os he’s nothing but skin and bones.
- canviar la pell [rèptil] to shed its skin.
- pell de gallina goosepimples, gooseflesh.
- arriscar la pell to risk one’s life.
- salvar la pell to save one’s skin.
- llevar la pell a algú to strip someone of all his possessions.
- no cabre algú a la seva pell to be extremely self-satisfied, be full of oneself.
- jo no voldria estar a la seva pell I wouldn’t like to be in his shoes.