cabeza

• capeza

From Vulgar Latin capitia, from the neuter plural (reanalyzed as a feminine singular) of Latin capitium, diminutive of caput.

• IPA^(key): /kaˈbeθa/
• Rhymes: -eθa
• Syllabification: ca‧be‧za

cabeza f (plural cabezas)

1. (anatomy) head

From Vulgar Latin capitia, from the neuter plural (reanalyzed as a feminine singular) of Latin capitium, diminutive of caput.

• IPA^(key): /kaˈbeθa/, [kaˈβ̞e.θa]
• Rhymes: -eθa
• Hyphenation: ca‧be‧za

cabeza f (plural cabeces)

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

From Spanish cabeza.

• IPA^(key): /kaˈbesa/, [kaˈbe.sa]
• Rhymes: -esa
• Hyphenation: ca‧be‧za

cabeza (plural cabezas)

1. head

• cabeça (reintegrationist)

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.

• Hyphenation: ca‧be‧za

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

• cabeceira
• Cabeceira
• Cabeza
• cabezo
• Cabezo

• “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.

• cabeça (archaic)

Inherited from Old Spanish cabeça, from Vulgar Latin capitia, from the neuter plural (reanalyzed as a feminine singular) of Latin capitium, diminutive of caput.

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /kaˈbeθa/ [kaˈβ̞e.θa]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /kaˈbesa/ [kaˈβ̞e.sa]

• Audio (Latin America):

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

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.

(diminutive cabecilla or cabecita) (augmentative cabezazo, cabezón, cabezota, or cabezudo)

• →? English: beezer

cabeza m (plural cabezas)

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

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