acéfalo

See also: acefalo

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin acephalus, from Ancient Greek ἀκέφαλος (aképhalos).

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈsɛ.fa.lu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈsɛ.fa.lo/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈsɛ.fɐ.lu/

Hyphenation: a‧cé‧fa‧lo

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/ [aˈθe.fa.lo]
IPA^(key): (Latin America) /aˈsefalo/ [aˈse.fa.lo]
Rhymes: -efalo
Syllabification: a‧cé‧fa‧lo

Adjective

acéfalo (feminine acéfala, masculine plural acéfalos, feminine plural acéfalas)

Related terms

acefalia

Further reading

“acéfalo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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