cabeza

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Aragonese

Alternative forms

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)

  1. (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)

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

Chavacano

Etymology

From Spanish cabeza.

Noun

cabeza

  1. head

Galician

Iron Age Galician severed head sculpture
Cabeza de Rubiás, Iron Age

Alternative forms

Etymology

Since the 12th century in Latin charters. 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

 
  • IPA(key): (standard) /kaˈbeθa/
  • IPA(key): (seseo) /kaˈbesa/

 
  • (standard) Rhymes: -eθa
  • (seseo) Rhymes: -esa

  • Hyphenation: ca‧be‧za

Noun

cabeza f (plural cabezas)

  1. head
  2. head of a cabbage
  3. extreme of an axle
  4. extreme or top of something
  5. crown of a tree
  6. (geography) mountaintop, summit
    Synonym: pena
  7. (figuratively) mind, reasoning
  8. (usually in the plural) milk skin

Derived terms

References

  • “cabeza” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “cabeza” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “cabeza” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “cabeza” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “cabeza” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Spanish

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Alternative forms

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) /kaˈbesa/
  • Audio (Latin America):(file)
  • (Spain) Rhymes: -eθa
  • (Latin America) Rhymes: -esa
  • Syllabification: ca‧be‧za

Noun

cabeza f (plural cabezas)

  1. (anatomy) head
  2. 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

  • →? English: beezer

Noun

cabeza m (plural cabezas)

  1. (colloquial, Andalusia) guy, dude, man

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