cabecilla

Spanish

Etymology

From cabeza +‎ -cilla.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /kabeˈθiʝa/ [ka.β̞eˈθi.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain) /kabeˈθiʝa/ [ka.β̞eˈθi.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain) /kabeˈθiʎa/ [ka.β̞eˈθi.ʎa]

 

• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /kabeˈsiʝa/ [ka.β̞eˈsi.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Latin America) /kabeˈsiʝa/ [ka.β̞eˈsi.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /kabeˈsiʎa/ [ka.β̞eˈsi.ʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /kabeˈsiʃa/ [ka.β̞eˈsi.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /kabeˈsiʒa/ [ka.β̞eˈsi.ʒa]

 

• Rhymes: -iʝa

• Rhymes: -iʝa
• Rhymes: -iʎa
• Rhymes: -iʃa
• Rhymes: -iʒa

• Syllabification: ca‧be‧ci‧lla

Noun

cabecilla m or f by sense (plural cabecillas)

1. leader, ringleader
2. diminutive of cabeza

Further reading

• “cabecilla”, 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