descabello
See also: descabelló
English
Etymology
From Spanish descabello.
Noun
descabello (plural descabellos)
- (bullfighting) A small sword used by a bullfighter for the final kill in case of a lengthy attempt.
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /deskaˈbeʝo/ [d̪es.kaˈβ̞e.ʝo] (most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /deskaˈbeʎo/ [d̪es.kaˈβ̞e.ʎo] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /deskaˈbeʃo/ [d̪es.kaˈβ̞e.ʃo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /deskaˈbeʒo/ [d̪es.kaˈβ̞e.ʒo] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Rhymes: -eʝo (most of Spain and Latin America)
- Rhymes: -eʎo (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -eʃo (Buenos Aires and environs)
- Rhymes: -eʒo (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Syllabification: des‧ca‧be‧llo
Etymology 1
Deverbal from descabellar.
Noun
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 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
- → English: descabello
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
descabello
- first-person singular present indicative of descabellar
Further reading
- “descabello”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024