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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. ..... Click the link for more information. . 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. pelota any of various games played in Spain, Spanish America, SW France, etc., by two players who use a basket strapped to their wrists or a wooden racket to propel a ball against a specially marked wall www.fipv.com How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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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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