descabezar

Spanish

Etymology

From des- + cabeza + -ar.

Pronunciation

  • (Castilian) IPA(key): /deskabeˈθaɾ/, [d̪eskaβeˈθaɾ]
  • (Latin America) IPA(key): /deskabeˈsaɾ/, [d̪eskaβeˈsaɾ]

Verb

descabezar (first-person singular present descabezo, first-person singular preterite descabecé, past participle descabezado)

  1. to behead; to decapitate
    Synonym: decapitar
  2. to remove the top from
  3. to adjoin

Conjugation

  • Rule: z becomes a c before e.
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