peleás

Peleás is the present indicative form of the Spanish verb pelear in the voseo paradigm, used in Rioplatense Spanish to address someone as vos. It means “you fight” and is common in Argentina and Uruguay, where vos replaces tú as the second-person singular pronoun in everyday speech.

In voseo, the conjugation of pelear in the present tense yields peleás for vos, while the tú form remains peleas. The accent in peleás marks the stress on the last syllable, which distinguishes it from the non-accented peleas that corresponds to the tú form (and to the plural noun peleas meaning fights). The pronunciation of peleás is typically [pe.leˈas].

Usage and register vary by region and speaker. Peleás appears in casual conversation, regional literature, and media that aim to reflect local speech. In formal writing or in contexts where the tú form is preferred, speakers would use tú peleas or, in formal address, usted pelea.

Distinguishing notes: peleás is not a separate lexical item with a meaning beyond “you fight”; it is a grammatical form produced by the pronoun vos. The closely related noun peleas refers to fights or brawls, and is written without accent when used as a plural noun or with different stress in other forms, such as peleas (you fight) in non-voseo contexts.

See also: voseo, pelear, Rioplatense Spanish.