cabezudo

Galician

Etymology

Cabeza (“head”) +‎ -udo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kɑβeˈθuðʊ], (western) [kɑβeˈsuðʊ]

Adjective

cabezudo (feminine cabezuda, masculine plural cabezudos, feminine plural cabezudas)

1. big-headed, headstrong

   Synonym: cabezón

2. stubborn

   Synonyms: cabezón, cotenudo, teimudo

3. having a head
   • 1884, O tío Marcos da Portela, volume 2, number 45, page 1:

     na compaña dos meus bos amigos Benito das Vacalouras e Martiño de Zamora, metínme nun deses wagós do camiño de ferro d'Ourense a Vigo, i anque fumos nel como sardiñas en banasta, non tivemos queixa, porque neso da comparanza das sardiñas, nosoutros éramos das cabezudas, i as que levábamos á beira eran das escochadas, frescas e pequerrechiñas e cun sal

     in the company of my good friends Benito das Vacalouras and Martiño from Zamora, I entered one of those wagons of the railroad from Ourense to Vigo and, even if we travelled packed as sardines, we had no complaint, because on that comparison we were as sardines with head, but those next to us were as headless sardines, fresh and small and salted

Noun

cabezudo m (plural cabezudos)

1. a traditional mask representing a personage with oversized head
2. tadpole

   Synonyms: cágado, culler

3. gurnard

   Synonyms: escacho, rubio

References

• “cabezudo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “cabezudo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “cabezudo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Spanish

Etymology

From cabeza +‎ -udo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /kabeˈθudo/ [ka.β̞eˈθu.ð̞o]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /kabeˈsudo/ [ka.β̞eˈsu.ð̞o]
• Rhymes: -udo
• Syllabification: ca‧be‧zu‧do

Adjective

cabezudo (feminine cabezuda, masculine plural cabezudos, feminine plural cabezudas)

1. big-headed, headstrong

Noun

cabezudo m (plural cabezudos)

1. mullet (fish)
2. Augmentative of cabeza

Further reading

• “cabezudo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014