cabeceira

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Galician

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

References

Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 
 

  • 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

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