What does hacer la pelota mean?
Expression
to suck up to somebody
Flattering with a motive behind it: the boss, the teacher, the aunt with the flat by the sea. What condemns it is not the flattery but the reason for it. It gives us pelota as a noun — es un pelota — and the verb pelotear.
Lleva toda la semana haciéndole la pelota al jefe.
