cabecilla

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Spanish

Etymology

From cabeza +‎ -cilla.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (most of Spain) /kabeˈθiʝa/ [ka.β̞eˈθi.ʝa]
IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain) /kabeˈθiʎa/ [ka.β̞eˈθi.ʎa]

IPA^(key): (most of Latin America) /kabeˈsiʝa/ [ka.β̞eˈsi.ʝa]
IPA^(key): (Andes Mountains, Philippines) /kabeˈsiʎa/ [ka.β̞eˈsi.ʎa]
IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /kabeˈsiʃa/ [ka.β̞eˈsi.ʃa]
IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /kabeˈsiʒa/ [ka.β̞eˈsi.ʒa]

Rhymes: -iʝa
Rhymes: -iʎa
Rhymes: -iʃa
Rhymes: -iʒa

Syllabification: ca‧be‧ci‧lla

Noun

cabecilla m or f by sense (plural cabecillas)

leader, ringleader
diminutive of cabeza

Further reading

“cabecilla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16

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