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pelota

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pelota (pəlō`tə): see jai alai jai alai (hī`lī'), handball-like game of Spanish Basque origin. It is also called pelota.
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pelota

(Spanish: “little ball”) Any of several games in which players take turns, using a glove or implement, hitting a rubber ball either directly at one another or off a wall. The latter version is related to handball and jai alai, which are played by two or four players on one-, two-, or three-walled courts using gloves, rackets, or bats. In Spain and elsewhere, pelota is a professional sport on which spectators wager.


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Enhanced with the easy-to-follow format for children and parents alike, Mom, Dad And Me Aprendemos Espanol opens with an introduction followed by Aprendemos Espanol (let's learn Spanish), Los colores (colors), Vamos a jugar con pelota (let's play ball
Salta y tira la pelota como Miguel Jordan" ("Jump and shoot the ball like Michael Jordan"), says this seventh-grade Spanish teacher at the Academy of Communications and Technology Charter School, in Chicago.
And Pelota is a blown glass scoop available in either black or white.
 
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