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Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /deˈɡweʝo/
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Philippines) /deˈɡweʎo/
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /deˈɡweʃo/
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /deˈɡweʒo/
- Syllabification: de‧güe‧llo
Etymology 1
Deverbal from degollar.
Noun
degüello m (plural degüellos)
- slitting of a throat
1888, Eduardo Acevedo Díaz, Ismael, Buenos Aires: La Tribuna Nacional:En ese momento, Ismael, que apenas había despegado los labios desde que se incorporó al grupo, sin experimentar ninguna emoción ante el degüello -gritó con enojo:
-¡No matar!- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Verb
degüello
- first-person singular present indicative of degollar
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