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Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin acephalus, from Ancient Greek ἀκέφαλος (aképhalos).
Pronunciation
Adjective
acéfalo (feminine acéfala, masculine plural acéfalos, feminine plural acéfalas)
- headless; acephalous (without a head)
- (figuratively) dumb, idiotic (unintelligent)
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:idiota
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin acephalus, from Ancient Greek ἀκέφαλος (aképhalos).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /aˈθefalo/
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /aˈsefalo/
- Rhymes: -efalo
- Syllabification: a‧cé‧fa‧lo
Adjective
acéfalo (feminine acéfala, masculine plural acéfalos, feminine plural acéfalas)
- headless
- leaderless
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