descabellar

Spanish, verb/deskabeˈʝaɾ/

descabellar is spelled D-E-S-C-A-B-E-L-L-A-R (11 letters). Descabellar is a Spanish verb meaning “to scalp (something)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Matar al toro de una estocada”.

What does descabellar mean in English?

verb

1
to scalp (something)
2
to slaughter a bull by slitting its throat with a descabello
3
to mess up

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

verb: 1. Matar al toro de una estocada 2. Desordenar el pelo de la cabeza

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 descabellar

descabello first-person present singular
descabellé first-person preterite singular
descabellado participle past
descabellando gerund
descabellada feminine participle past
descabellados masculine participle past
descabelladas feminine participle past
descabellas indicative informal present
descabellás indicative informal present
descabella indicative present singular
descabellamos first-person indicative plural
descabelláis indicative plural present
descabellan indicative plural present
descabellaba first-person imperfect indicative
descabellabas imperfect indicative second-person
descabellábamos first-person imperfect indicative
descabellabais imperfect indicative plural
descabellaban imperfect indicative plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce descabellar?

/deskabeˈʝaɾ/
[d̪es.ka.β̞eˈʝaɾ]
[d̪eskaβ̞eˈʝaɾ]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to descabellar

scalp

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.