acéfalo

See also: acefalo

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin acephalus, from Ancient Greek ἀκέφαλος (aképhalos).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈsɛ.fa.lu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈsɛ.fa.lu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈsɛ.fa.lo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈsɛ.fɐ.lu/

• Hyphenation: a‧cé‧fa‧lo

Adjective

acéfalo (feminine acéfala, masculine plural acéfalos, feminine plural acéfalas)

1. headless; acephalous (without a head)
2. (figuratively) dumb, idiotic (unintelligent)

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:idiota

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin acephalus, from Ancient Greek ἀκέφαλος (aképhalos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /aˈθefalo/ [aˈθe.fa.lo]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /aˈsefalo/ [aˈse.fa.lo]
• Rhymes: -efalo
• Syllabification: a‧cé‧fa‧lo

Adjective

acéfalo (feminine acéfala, masculine plural acéfalos, feminine plural acéfalas)

1. headless
2. leaderless

Related terms

• acefalia

Further reading

• “acéfalo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10