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