apoyacabeza

Spanish

Apoyacabeza

Etymology

Verb-object compound, composed of apoya (“to support”) +‎ cabeza (“head”). Probably a calque of Italian appoggiatesta or appoggiacapo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /apoʝakaˈbeθa/ [a.po.ʝa.kaˈβ̞e.θa]

 

• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /apoʝakaˈbesa/ [a.po.ʝa.kaˈβ̞e.sa]

• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /apoʝakaˈbesa/ [a.po.ʝa.kaˈβ̞e.sa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /apoʃakaˈbesa/ [a.po.ʃa.kaˈβ̞e.sa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /apoʒakaˈbesa/ [a.po.ʒa.kaˈβ̞e.sa]

• (Spain) Rhymes: -eθa
• (Latin America) Rhymes: -esa
• Syllabification: a‧po‧ya‧ca‧be‧za

Noun

apoyacabeza m (plural apoyacabezas)

1. (Argentina, Uruguay) headrest

   Synonym: reposacabezas

Further reading

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