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Definition of pelota noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

pelota

noun
 
/pəˈlɒtə/,
 
/pəˈləʊtə/
 
/pəˈləʊtə/
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  1. [uncountable] a game from Spain in which players hit a ball against a wall using a kind of basket attached to their handTopics Games and toysc2
  2. [countable] the ball used in the game of pelota
    3. Word OriginSpanish, literally ‘ball’, augmentative of pella, from Latin pila ‘ball’.
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