descabellado

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Spanish

Etymology

From descabellar.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /deskabeˈʝado/
  • IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Philippines) /deskabeˈʎado/
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /deskabeˈʃado/
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /deskabeˈʒado/

  • Rhymes: -ado
  • Syllabification: des‧ca‧be‧lla‧do

Adjective

descabellado (feminine descabellada, masculine plural descabellados, feminine plural descabelladas)

  1. absurd, unrealistic, wild
    Synonyms: absurdo, ilógico, irracional, desatinado, disparatado
    • 2022 December 8, Juan Diego Quesada, Inés Santaeulalia, “Los 180 minutos que hicieron temblar Perú”, in El País:
      La [presidencia] acabó después de un plan descabellado que duró tres horas tratando de buscar refugio, según varias fuentes, en la Embajada de México.
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Participle

descabellado (feminine descabellada, masculine plural descabellados, feminine plural descabelladas)

  1. past participle of descabellar

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