calavera
English
Etymology
Mexican Spanish calavera (literally “skull”). Doublet of calvaria.
Noun
calavera (plural calaveras)
- sugar skull
Anagrams
- Caravela
Catalan
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /kə.ləˈve.ɾə/
- (Central) IPA(key): /kə.ləˈbe.ɾə/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /ka.laˈve.ɾa/
Noun
calavera f (plural calaveres)
- skull
Noun
calavera m (plural calaveres)
- libertine, playboy
- 2004, Fany Tur Riera, “6 de maig de 1838. Assassinat a ses Feixes" in Eivissa”, in Institut d'Estudis Eivissencs, number 41, page 38:
- Tenia fama d'haver estat un calavera de fadrí.
- He had the reputation of having been a libertine bachelor.
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Derived terms
- calaverada
Further reading
- “calavera” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin calvāria.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kalaˈbeɾa/ [ka.laˈβ̞e.ɾa]
Audio (Colombia) (file) - Rhymes: -eɾa
- Syllabification: ca‧la‧ve‧ra
Noun
calavera f (plural calaveras)
- skull
- death's-head hawkmoth
- (Mexico) taillight
Derived terms
- descalabrar
Noun
calavera m (plural calaveras)
- (also attributive) libertine, playboy, party animal
Further reading
- “calavera”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014