descabello
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See also: descabelló
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Spanish descabello.
Noun
[edit]descabello (plural descabellos)
- (bullfighting) A small sword used by a bullfighter for the final kill in case of a lengthy attempt.
Spanish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /deskaˈbeʝo/ [d̪es.kaˈβ̞e.ʝo]
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Philippines) /deskaˈbeʎo/ [d̪es.kaˈβ̞e.ʎo]
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /deskaˈbeʃo/ [d̪es.kaˈβ̞e.ʃo]
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /deskaˈbeʒo/ [d̪es.kaˈβ̞e.ʒo]
- Syllabification: des‧ca‧be‧llo
Etymology 1
[edit]Deverbal from descabellar.
Noun
[edit]descabello m (plural descabellos)
- (bullfighting) descabello
- 2012, José Luis Romero, La comisaría del Norte:
- tendremos que acomodarnos la taleguilla y salir a la plaza con el descabello preparado
- we will have to squeeze into the taleguilla trousers and go into the ring with the descabello ready
- (bullfighting) Thrust with a descabello
- 1894, Antonio Peña y Goñi, Guerrita:
- El sexto, que dobló antes de pincharlo, murió de media regular y dos descabellos.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 2015 September 15, “La cogida de un banderillero empaña el triunfo de Del Álamo y Castella”, in El País[1]:
- Con la muleta, el francés no pudo lucirse, mató de metisaca, una estocada trasera y cinco descabellos y escuchó dos avisos.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 2015 October 16, “Del Álamo se impuso a la descastada corrida de Fuente Ymbro en Zaragoza”, in El País[2]:
- Iván Fandiño: estocada muy trasera desprendida (silencio); dos pinchazos, media estocada chalequera y descabello (ovación tras aviso), y Juan del Álamo: estocada (oreja tras aviso); estocada delantera y descabello (oreja).
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Descendants
[edit]- → English: descabello
Etymology 2
[edit]See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
[edit]descabello
Further reading
[edit]- “descabello”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16
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