degolladero

Spanish

Etymology

From degollar +‎ -dero.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /deɡoʝaˈdeɾo/ [d̪e.ɣ̞o.ʝaˈð̞e.ɾo]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /deɡoʝaˈdeɾo/ [d̪e.ɣ̞o.ʝaˈð̞e.ɾo]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /deɡoʎaˈdeɾo/ [d̪e.ɣ̞o.ʎaˈð̞e.ɾo]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /deɡoʃaˈdeɾo/ [d̪e.ɣ̞o.ʃaˈð̞e.ɾo]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /deɡoʒaˈdeɾo/ [d̪e.ɣ̞o.ʒaˈð̞e.ɾo]

• Rhymes: -eɾo
• Syllabification: de‧go‧lla‧de‧ro

Noun

degolladero m (plural degolladeros)

1. throat
2. slaughterhouse
3. scaffold; block

Further reading

• “degolladero”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014