degüello
Spanish, noun/deˈɡweʝo/
degüello is spelled D-E-G-Ü-E-L-L-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Spanish, the 84,644th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Degüello is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “slitting of a throat” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of degollar. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Acción o efecto de degollar”.
What does degüello mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineslitting of a throat
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of degollar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Acción o efecto de degollar. 2. Parte más delgada de un dardo.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of degüello
- degüellos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce degüello?
- /deˈɡweʝo/
- [d̪eˈɣ̞we.ʝo]
- [d̪eˈɣ̞weʝo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to degüello
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is degüello in Spanish?
degüello appears about once in every 5 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).