cabeza

See also: Cabeza

Aragonese

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin capitia, from the neuter plural (reanalyzed as a feminine singular) of Latin capitium, diminutive of caput.

Noun

cabeza f

1. (anatomy) head

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Asturian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin capitia, from the neuter plural (reanalyzed as a feminine singular) of Latin capitium, diminutive of caput.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kaˈβe.θa]

Noun

cabeza f (plural cabeces)

1. (anatomy) head (part of the body)

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Galician

Iron Age Galician severed head sculpture

Cabeza de Rubiás, Iron Age

Etymology

Since the 12th century in Latin charters. From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese cabeça, from Vulgar Latin capitia, from the neuter plural (reanalyzed as a feminine singular) of Latin capitium, diminutive of caput (“head”). Cognate with Portuguese cabeça and Spanish cabeza.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈβeθa̝/, (western) /kaˈβesa̝/

Noun

cabeza f (plural cabezas)

1. head
2. extreme of an axle
3. extreme or top of something
4. crown of a tree
5. large round mountaintop
6. (figuratively) mind, reasoning
7. (usually in the plural) milk skin

Derived terms

• cabeceira
• Cabeceira
• Cabeza
• cabezo
• Cabezo

References

• Template:R:DDGM
• “cabeza” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
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• Template:R:TILG
• “cabeza” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Spanish

Alternative forms

• cabeça (archaic)

Etymology

From Old Spanish cabeça, from Vulgar Latin capitia, from the neuter plural (reanalyzed as a feminine singular) of Latin capitium, diminutive of caput.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /kaˈbeθa/ [kaˈβ̞e.θa]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /kaˈbesa/ [kaˈβ̞e.sa]

• Audio (Latin America)

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• Rhymes: -esa
• Hyphenation: ca‧be‧za

Noun

cabeza f (plural cabezas)

1. (anatomy) head

Derived terms

(diminutive cabecilla or cabecita) (augmentative cabezazo, cabezón, cabezota, or cabezudo)

• apoyacabeza
• cabecear
• cabeza cuadrada
• cabeza de lista
• cabeza de mierda
• cabeza de turco
• cabeza del viejo
• cabezal
• cabezuela
• cazacabezas
• comerse la cabeza
• de cabeza
• descabezar
• dolor de cabeza
• dos cabezas piensan mejor que una
• encabezar
• impuesto por cabeza
• la cabeza blanca y el seso por venir
• levantar cabeza
• no dejar títere con cabeza
• no tener ni pies ni cabeza
• quebradero de cabeza
• queso de cabeza
• reposacabezas
• rompecabezas
• romperse la cabeza
• tener la cabeza sobre los hombros
• tener pájaros en la cabeza
• traer de cabeza

 

Further reading

• Template:R:DRAE 2001