cabezazo

Spanish

Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European *kap-?

Proto-Indo-European *kap-

Proto-Indo-European *káput

Proto-Italic *kaput

Latin caput

Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-ijos

Proto-Italic *-ios

Old Latin -ios

Latin -iusnom.

Latin -ium

Latin capitium

Vulgar Latin capitia

Old Spanish cabeça

Spanish cabeza

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂ks

Proto-Italic *-āks

Latin -āx

Proto-Indo-European *-éyos

Proto-Italic *-ejos

Proto-Italic *-eos

Latin -eus

Latin -āceus

Spanish -azo

Spanish cabezazo

From cabeza (“head”) + -azo (suffix forming words expressing a hit or strike)..

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kabeˈθaθo/ [ka.β̞eˈθa.θo] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /kabeˈsaso/ [ka.β̞eˈsa.so] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -aθo (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• Rhymes: -aso (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: ca‧be‧za‧zo

Noun

cabezazo m (plural cabezazos)

1. hit with the head, (also) headbutt

   Synonyms: cholazo, cocazo, testarazo, cabezada

2. (sports) header (the act of hitting the ball with the head)

   Synonym: testarazo

3. augmentative of cabeza

Further reading

• “cabezazo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025