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Aragonese
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin capitia , from the neuter plural (reanalyzed as a feminine singular) of Latin capitium , diminutive of caput .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /kaˈbeθa/
Rhymes: -eθa
Syllabification: ca‧be‧za
Noun
cabeza f (plural cabezas )
( anatomy ) head
Asturian
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin capitia , from the neuter plural (reanalyzed as a feminine singular) of Latin capitium , diminutive of caput .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /kaˈbeθa/ ,
Rhymes: -eθa
Hyphenation: ca‧be‧za
Noun
cabeza f (plural cabeces )
( anatomy ) head ( part of the body )
Chavacano
Etymology
From Spanish cabeza .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /kaˈbesa/ ,
Rhymes: -esa
Hyphenation: ca‧be‧za
Noun
cabeza (plural cabezas )
head
Galician
Iron Age Galician severed head sculpture
Cabeza de Rubiás, Iron Age
Etymology
From 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
Noun
cabeza f (plural cabezas )
head
head of a cabbage
extreme of an axle
extreme or top of something
crown of a tree
( geography ) mountaintop , summit
Synonym: pena
( figuratively ) mind , reasoning
( usually in the plural ) milk skin
Derived terms
References
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández , editor (2006 –2013 ), “cabeza ”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language ] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández , Ernesto Xosé González Seoane , María Álvarez de la Granja , editors (2003 –2018 ), “cabeza ”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Rosario Álvarez Blanco , editor (2014 –2024 ), “cabeza ”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega , →ISSN
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited 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/
IPA (key ) : ( Latin America, Philippines ) /kaˈbesa/
Rhymes: -eθa
Rhymes: -esa
Syllabification: ca‧be‧za
Noun
cabeza f (plural cabezas )
( anatomy ) head
mind ( in certain phrases )
perder la cabeza ― to lose one's mind
No puedo quitarme a esa chica de la cabeza . I can't get that girl out of my head .
Derived terms
(diminutive cabecilla or cabecita ) (augmentative cabezazo , cabezón , cabezota , or cabezudo )
Descendants
Noun
cabeza m (plural cabezas )
( colloquial , Andalusia ) guy , dude , man
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