decapitar

Catalan

Etymology

From Late Latin decapitare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [də.kə.piˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [de.ka.piˈtaɾ]

Verb

decapitar (first-person singular present decapito, first-person singular preterite decapití, past participle decapitat)

1. to decapitate, to behead

Related terms

• decapitació

Further reading

• “decapitar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “decapitar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “decapitar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “decapitar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Galician

Etymology

From Late Latin decapitare.

Verb

1. to decapitate

Related terms

• decapitación

Further reading

• “decapitar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Late Latin decapitare.

Verb

1. (transitive) to behead; to decapitate (remove the head of)

   Synonym: degolar

Related terms

• decapitação

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Spanish

Etymology

From Late Latin decapitare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dekapiˈtaɾ/ [d̪e.ka.piˈt̪aɾ]

Verb

1. to decapitate

   Synonym: descabezar

Related terms

• decapitación

Further reading

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