acéfalo
See also: acefalo
Portuguese
editEtymology
editLearned borrowing from Latin acephalus, from Ancient Greek ἀκέφαλος (aképhalos).
Pronunciation
edit
- Hyphenation: a‧cé‧fa‧lo
Adjective
editacéfalo (feminine acéfala, masculine plural acéfalos, feminine plural acéfalas)
- headless; acephalous (without a head)
- (figuratively) dumb, idiotic (unintelligent)
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:idiota
Spanish
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin acephalus, from Ancient Greek ἀκέφαλος (aképhalos).
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): (Spain) /aˈθefalo/ [aˈθe.fa.lo]
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /aˈsefalo/ [aˈse.fa.lo]
- Rhymes: -efalo
- Syllabification: a‧cé‧fa‧lo
Adjective
editacéfalo (feminine acéfala, masculine plural acéfalos, feminine plural acéfalas)
Related terms
editFurther reading
edit- “acéfalo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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- Rhymes:Spanish/efalo
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