decapitación

Spanish

Etymology

From decapitar +‎ -ción.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dekapitaˈθjon/ [d̪e.ka.pi.t̪aˈθjõn] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /dekapitaˈsjon/ [d̪e.ka.pi.t̪aˈsjõn] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: de‧ca‧pi‧ta‧ción

Noun

decapitación f (plural decapitaciones)

1. decapitation, beheading

Further reading

• “decapitación”, 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