piel

/ˈpjel/ · A2 · noun · f

skin

piel — skin

🧴 piel ~ peel: the peel is a fruit's skin; pelt is its Latin cousin

From Latin pellis (skin, hide), the same root that gives English pelt and pellagra. It sounds close to peel, and a peel is the skin of a fruit. Feminine: la piel.

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