degüello

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /deˈɡweʝo/ [d̪eˈɣ̞we.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /deˈɡweʝo/ [d̪eˈɣ̞we.ʝo]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Philippines) /deˈɡweʎo/ [d̪eˈɣ̞we.ʎo]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /deˈɡweʃo/ [d̪eˈɣ̞we.ʃo]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /deˈɡweʒo/ [d̪eˈɣ̞we.ʒo]

 

• Rhymes: -eʝo

• Rhymes: -eʝo
• Rhymes: -eʎo
• Rhymes: -eʃo
• Rhymes: -eʒo

• Syllabification: de‧güe‧llo

Etymology 1

Deverbal from degollar.

Noun

degüello m (plural degüellos)

1. slitting of a throat
   • 1888, Eduardo Acevedo Díaz, Ismael‎^[1], Buenos Aires: La Tribuna Nacional:

     En ese momento, Ismael, que apenas había despegado los labios desde que se incorporó al grupo, sin experimentar ninguna emoción ante el degüello -gritó con enojo:
     -¡No matar!

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

• entrar a degüello
• pasar a degüello

 

Etymology 2

Verb

degüello

1. first-person singular present indicative of degollar

Further reading

• “degüello”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16