alzacuellos

Spanish

Etymology

Verb-object compound, composed of alza (“to raise”) +‎ cuellos (“necks”). Calque of French hausse-col, from Dutch halskote (literally “neckwear”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˌalθaˈkweʝos/ [ˌal̟.θaˈkwe.ʝos] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)

• IPA^(key): /ˌalθaˈkweʝos/ [ˌal̟.θaˈkwe.ʝos] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain)
• IPA^(key): /ˌalθaˈkweʎos/ [ˌal̟.θaˈkwe.ʎos] (rustic northern Spain)

 

• IPA^(key): /ˌalsaˈkweʝos/ [ˌal.saˈkwe.ʝos] (Latin America)

• IPA^(key): /ˌalsaˈkweʝos/ [ˌal.saˈkwe.ʝos] (most of Latin America)
• IPA^(key): /ˌalsaˈkweʎos/ [ˌal.saˈkwe.ʎos] (Andes Mountains Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)

 

• IPA^(key): /ˌalsaˈkweʃos/ [ˌal.saˈkwe.ʃos] (Latin America)

• IPA^(key): /ˌalsaˈkweʃos/ [ˌal.saˈkwe.ʃos] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /ˌalsaˈkweʒos/ [ˌal.saˈkwe.ʒos] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

 

• Rhymes: -eʝos

• Rhymes: -eʝos (Equatorial Guinea, most of Latin America and Spain)
• Rhymes: -eʎos (Andes Mountains, rustic northern Spain, Paraguay, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -eʃos (Buenos Aires and environs)
• Rhymes: -eʒos (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

• Syllabification: al‧za‧cue‧llos

Noun

alzacuellos m (plural alzacuellos)

1. alternative form of alzacuello

Noun

alzacuellos

1. plural of alzacuello

Further reading

• “alzacuellos”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025