- descabezar
- v.1 to behead (quitar la cabeza) (person).2 to top (quitar la punta) (planta, árbol).3 to dethrone, to overthrow, to decapitate, to tumble down.Los soldados decapitaron al rey The soldiers dethroned the king* * *descabezar► verbo transitivo1 (quitar la cabeza) to behead, decapitate2 (planta) to top; (árbol) to cut the top off► verbo pronominal descabezarse1 (desgranarse) to shed grain2 familiar figurado to rack one's brains\FRASEOLOGÍAdescabezar un sueño familiar to take a nap* * *1. VT1) (=quitar la cabeza de) [+ persona] to behead; [+ árbol] to lop; [+ planta] to top2) [+ dificultad] to surmount2.See:* * *verbo transitivo to leave ... without a leader* * *verbo transitivo to leave ... without a leader* * *descabezar [A4 ]vtto leave … without a leaderla organización quedó descabezada tras estas detenciones these arrests left the organization leaderless o without a leader* * *descabezar vt1. [quitar la cabeza a] [persona] to behead;[pollo, gallina, sardina] to cut the head off; [cosa] to break the head off;descabezaron al grupo terrorista they left the terrorist group leaderless2. [quitar la punta a] [planta, árbol] to top3.descabezar un sueño to have a nap* * *descabezarv/t1 persona behead, decapitate; cosa take the top off; organización remove the leader of2:descabezar un sueño fam have forty winks
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.