verb/peleˈaɾ/
to fight (to contend in physical conflict); to fight, to argue; to fight for, to struggle against; to mutually fight; to discord or dispute; to become enemies
“Sin embargo, se rebeló contra su destino cuando encontró motivos para pelear por un mundo mejor[.]”
Synonyms: luchar, lidiar, bregar, discutir, batallar, combatir, reñir, madrearse
From pelo (“hair”) + -ear, in the sense of close physical combat, as in the expression agarrarse de las greñas (“to fight”, literally “to grab each others' matted locks”). Compare the semantic development of Romanian părui (“to fight by pulling hair”) from Romanian păr (“hair”).