degolar

From Old Galician-Portuguese degolar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin decollāre, present infinitive of dēcollō (“I decapitate or behead”).

• IPA^(key): /deɣoˈlaɾ/

degolar (first-person singular present degolo, first-person singular preterite degolei, past participle degolado)

1. to slit the throat
2. to nod

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “degolar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “degolar”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “degolar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “degolar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “degolar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “degolar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “degolar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese degolar, from Latin dēcollāre (“to decapitate or behead”). Compare Portuguese colo.

• Hyphenation: de‧go‧lar

degolar (first-person singular present degolo, first-person singular preterite degolei, past participle degolado) (transitive)

1. to behead (cut one's neck)
2. to decapitate (cut one's head)
3. to kill
4. (figuratively) to prune

• “degolar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “degolar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025