despescuezar

From des- +‎ pescuezo (“neck”) +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): /despeskweˈθaɾ/ [d̪es.pes.kweˈθaɾ] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /despeskweˈsaɾ/ [d̪es.pes.kweˈsaɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: des‧pes‧cue‧zar

despescuezar (first-person singular present despescuezo, first-person singular preterite despescuecé, past participle despescuezado)

1. (transitive, colloquial, Guatemala, Puerto Rico, Colombia, Paraguay) to wring a (bird or fowl's) neck
2. (transitive, rustic, Honduras, El Salvador, Venezuela) to slit a (person or animal's) neck

• “despescuezar”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010