Polyglot Dictionary

rompecabezas

/rompekaˈβesas/

el noun B2

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Meaning

  1. puzzle

    Built from rompe (breaks (from romper)) + cabezas (heads).

    • Armó un rompecabezas.

      He assembled a jigsaw puzzle.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • rompe breaks (from romper)
  • cabezas heads

Similar words

puzle

puzle is the English loanword, specifically a jigsaw puzzle; rompecabezas is the native Spanish term, which also means a brain-teaser or riddle more broadly.

Similar in other languages

French

casse-tête

casse-tête is the French word for the same thing — both mean "puzzle."

Portuguese

quebra-cabeça

quebra-cabeça is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "puzzle."

Practice

1 What does rompecabezas mean?

2 Fill the gap: Armó un ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches rompecabezas?

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