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Old April 15, 2008, 06:37 PM
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What does ser pelota mean
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I moved this question here from this thread.
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It means 'to be a brown-noser (suck-up).'
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It means 'to be a brown-noser (suck up).'
It's definitely an idiom then, because I never would have guessed that.
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Old April 15, 2008, 08:22 PM
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There are cruder and more vulgar ways to say this in Spanish and English. I won't go there.

In American English we also say:
to be nice to someone
to butter someone up
to kiss up to someone
to flatter someone

For 'flatter,' I believe you can use adular and halagar in Spanish, but I'm not certain these carry the same meaning as ser pelota.
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Adular, halagar, ser pelota significan lo mismo, pero ser pelota es coloquial.
Se pueden usar también los adjetivos: halagador/a, adulador/a y pelotero/a.
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Pelotero... Is that a real word or are you kidding?
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I can't believe you, Iris. You never heard of qué pelotero eres? Ask your sons and daughters .
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No, never heard. I always say "qué pelota eres". You make it sound as if I had twenty children and it's "just" three: two boys and a girl.
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I have heard dar jabon used by portorriqueños to mean flatter. Can you use pelotear for to flatter in Spain? Has anyone else heard the term dar jabon?

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