degüello

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Spanish

Etymology

From degollar.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /deˈɡweʝo/ [d̪eˈɣ̞we.ʝo]
  • IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Philippines) /deˈɡweʎo/ [d̪eˈɣ̞we.ʎo]
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /deˈɡweʃo/ [d̪eˈɣ̞we.ʃo]
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /deˈɡweʒo/ [d̪eˈɣ̞we.ʒo]

  • Rhymes: -eʎo
  • Hyphenation: de‧güe‧llo

Noun

degüello m (plural degüellos)

  1. slitting of a throat
    • 1888, Eduardo Acevedo Díaz, Ismael:
      En ese momento, Ismael, que apenas había despegado los labios desde que se incorporó al grupo, sin experimentar ninguna emoción ante el degüello -gritó con enojo:
      -¡No matar!
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Verb

degüello

  1. first-person singular present indicative of degollar

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