Definition of pelota in English:

pelota

noun pɪˈləʊtəpɪˈlɒtəpəˈloʊdə

mass noun

1A Basque or Spanish game played in a walled court with a ball and basket-like rackets fastened to the hand.
Example sentencesExamples
- After watching a game of pelota, I sat on my balcony and got drunk on a dramatic view of rocky ridges calmed down by sheep, cows and farmers.
- Pelota Mixteca games are held in August on Sundays at 5pm and on festival days.
- Basque immigrants began building pelota courts soon after they arrived in the United States, and their love of the sport is considered an important factor in unifying the American Basque community.
- We passed what looked like three-sided open-air squash courts - frontons, he said, built by Basque settlers who wanted to play pelota in their new home.
- Just like in tennis the server must land the pelota in the serve box to start a point.
1. 1.1count noun The ball used in pelota.
  Example sentencesExamples
  Ramuntcho is a Basque smuggler and player of pelota, the Basque national game, and the story concerns his adventures and those of his fiancée, Gracieuse.
  The rock hard pelota crushed the side of his head with a 100 mile per hour impact.
  Hit the pelota (Spanish for ball) with such force that the opposing team can't return it with their cestas.
  You can be a world-class sprinter, and you still have no chance to chase down the pelota.
  It's played with a pelota, a rock-hard ball five-sixths the size of a baseball, and with the explosive bounce of a golf ball.

Origin

Spanish, literally 'ball', augmentative of pella, from Latin pila 'ball'.

Rhymes

blotter, cotta, cottar, dotter, gotta, hotter, jotter, knotter, otter, plotter, potter, ricotta, rotter, spotter, squatter, terracotta, totter, trotter

Definition of pelota in US English:

pelota

nounpəˈloʊdəpəˈlōdə

1A Basque or Spanish game played in a walled court with a ball and basket-like rackets fastened to the hand.
Example sentencesExamples
- Basque immigrants began building pelota courts soon after they arrived in the United States, and their love of the sport is considered an important factor in unifying the American Basque community.
- We passed what looked like three-sided open-air squash courts - frontons, he said, built by Basque settlers who wanted to play pelota in their new home.
- Just like in tennis the server must land the pelota in the serve box to start a point.
- After watching a game of pelota, I sat on my balcony and got drunk on a dramatic view of rocky ridges calmed down by sheep, cows and farmers.
- Pelota Mixteca games are held in August on Sundays at 5pm and on festival days.
1. 1.1 The ball used in such games as pelota and jai alai.
  Example sentencesExamples
  Hit the pelota (Spanish for ball) with such force that the opposing team can't return it with their cestas.
  It's played with a pelota, a rock-hard ball five-sixths the size of a baseball, and with the explosive bounce of a golf ball.
  You can be a world-class sprinter, and you still have no chance to chase down the pelota.
  Ramuntcho is a Basque smuggler and player of pelota, the Basque national game, and the story concerns his adventures and those of his fiancée, Gracieuse.
  The rock hard pelota crushed the side of his head with a 100 mile per hour impact.

Origin

Spanish, literally ‘ball’, augmentative of pella, from Latin pila ‘ball’.

单词	pelota
释义	Definition of pelota in English: pelota noun pɪˈləʊtəpɪˈlɒtəpəˈloʊdə mass noun 1A Basque or Spanish game played in a walled court with a ball and basket-like rackets fastened to the hand. Example sentencesExamples After watching a game of pelota, I sat on my balcony and got drunk on a dramatic view of rocky ridges calmed down by sheep, cows and farmers. Pelota Mixteca games are held in August on Sundays at 5pm and on festival days. Basque immigrants began building pelota courts soon after they arrived in the United States, and their love of the sport is considered an important factor in unifying the American Basque community. We passed what looked like three-sided open-air squash courts - frontons, he said, built by Basque settlers who wanted to play pelota in their new home. Just like in tennis the server must land the pelota in the serve box to start a point. 1.1count noun The ball used in pelota. Example sentencesExamples Ramuntcho is a Basque smuggler and player of pelota, the Basque national game, and the story concerns his adventures and those of his fiancée, Gracieuse. The rock hard pelota crushed the side of his head with a 100 mile per hour impact. Hit the pelota (Spanish for ball) with such force that the opposing team can't return it with their cestas. You can be a world-class sprinter, and you still have no chance to chase down the pelota. It's played with a pelota, a rock-hard ball five-sixths the size of a baseball, and with the explosive bounce of a golf ball. Origin Spanish, literally 'ball', augmentative of pella, from Latin pila 'ball'. Rhymes blotter, cotta, cottar, dotter, gotta, hotter, jotter, knotter, otter, plotter, potter, ricotta, rotter, spotter, squatter, terracotta, totter, trotter Definition of pelota in US English: pelota nounpəˈloʊdəpəˈlōdə 1A Basque or Spanish game played in a walled court with a ball and basket-like rackets fastened to the hand. Example sentencesExamples Basque immigrants began building pelota courts soon after they arrived in the United States, and their love of the sport is considered an important factor in unifying the American Basque community. We passed what looked like three-sided open-air squash courts - frontons, he said, built by Basque settlers who wanted to play pelota in their new home. Just like in tennis the server must land the pelota in the serve box to start a point. After watching a game of pelota, I sat on my balcony and got drunk on a dramatic view of rocky ridges calmed down by sheep, cows and farmers. Pelota Mixteca games are held in August on Sundays at 5pm and on festival days. 1.1 The ball used in such games as pelota and jai alai. Example sentencesExamples Hit the pelota (Spanish for ball) with such force that the opposing team can't return it with their cestas. It's played with a pelota, a rock-hard ball five-sixths the size of a baseball, and with the explosive bounce of a golf ball. You can be a world-class sprinter, and you still have no chance to chase down the pelota. Ramuntcho is a Basque smuggler and player of pelota, the Basque national game, and the story concerns his adventures and those of his fiancée, Gracieuse. The rock hard pelota crushed the side of his head with a 100 mile per hour impact. Origin Spanish, literally ‘ball’, augmentative of pella, from Latin pila ‘ball’.
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