apoyacabeza
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Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Verb-object compound, composed of apoya (“to support”) + cabeza (“head”). Probably a calque of Italian appoggiatesta or appoggiacapo.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): (Spain) /apoʝakaˈbeθa/ [a.po.ʝa.kaˈβ̞e.θa]
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /apoʝakaˈbesa/ [a.po.ʝa.kaˈβ̞e.sa]
Noun
[edit]apoyacabeza m (plural apoyacabezas)
- (Argentina, Uruguay) headrest
- Synonym: reposacabezas
Further reading
[edit]- “apoyacabeza”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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- Spanish verb-object compounds
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