apoyacabeza

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Spanish

Apoyacabeza

Etymology

Verb-object compound, composed of apoya (“to support”) +‎ cabeza (“head”). Probably a calque of Italian appoggiatesta or appoggiacapo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /apoʝakaˈbeθa/
 
  • IPA(key): (most of Latin America, Philippines) /apoʝakaˈbesa/
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /apoʃakaˈbesa/
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /apoʒakaˈbesa/

  • Rhymes: -eθa
  • Rhymes: -esa
  • Syllabification: a‧po‧ya‧ca‧be‧za

Noun

apoyacabeza m (plural apoyacabezas)

  1. (Argentina, Uruguay) headrest
    Synonym: reposacabezas

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