degüello

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /deˈɡweʝo/ [d̪eˈɣ̞we.ʝo] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
IPA^(key): /deˈɡweʎo/ [d̪eˈɣ̞we.ʎo] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
IPA^(key): /deˈɡweʃo/ [d̪eˈɣ̞we.ʃo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
IPA^(key): /deˈɡweʒo/ [d̪eˈɣ̞we.ʒo] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

Rhymes: -eʝo (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
Rhymes: -eʎo (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
Rhymes: -eʃo (Buenos Aires and environs)
Rhymes: -eʒo (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

Syllabification: de‧güe‧llo

Etymology 1

Deverbal from degollar.

Noun

degüello m (plural degüellos)

slitting of a throat
- 1888, Eduardo Acevedo Díaz, Ismael‎^[1], 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

Further reading

“degüello”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025