cabeceira

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese cabeçeira (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria): synchronically cabeza +‎ -eira. Cognate with Portuguese cabeceira and Spanish cabecera.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kaβeˈθei̯ɾɐ], (western) [kaβeˈsei̯ɾɐ]

Noun

cabeceira f (plural cabeceiras)

1. (furniture) headboard, bedhead

   Synonym: testeiro

2. (fishing) first floater of a longline

   Antonym: cúa

3. extreme or top of a field

   Antonyms: fondeira, illargada

4. (archaic) head of government
5. headwaters

Related terms

• cabeza (“head”)

References

• “cabeçeira” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “cabeçe” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “cabeceira” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “cabeceira” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “cabeceira” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Portuguese

Etymology

From cabeça (“head”) +‎ -eira. Compare Spanish cabecera.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.beˈse(j).ɾɐ/ [ka.beˈse(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.beˈse(j).ɾɐ/ [ka.beˈse(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.beˈse(j).ɾa/ [ka.beˈse(ɪ̯).ɾa]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ.bɨˈsɐj.ɾɐ/ [kɐ.βɨˈsɐj.ɾɐ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ.bɨˈsɐj.ɾɐ/ [kɐ.βɨˈsɐj.ɾɐ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ.bɨˈsej.ɾɐ/ [kɐ.βɨˈsej.ɾɐ]
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ.bɨˈsej.ɾɐ/ [kɐ.βɨˈsej.ɾɐ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ.bɨˈse.ɾɐ/ [kɐ.βɨˈse.ɾɐ]

• Hyphenation: ca‧be‧cei‧ra

Noun

cabeceira f (plural cabeceiras)

1. (furniture) headboard (of a bed)
2. (especially in the plural) source of a river

Further reading

• “cabeceira” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.