cabeza

Etymology

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

Noun

cabeza f

1. (anatomy) head

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kaˈβe.θa]

Noun

cabeza f (plural cabeces)

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

Etymology

Since the 12th century in Latin charters. From Old Galician and Old 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): /kaˈβeθa̝/, (western) /kaˈβesa̝/

Noun

cabeza f (plural cabezas)

1. head
2. extreme of an axle
3. extreme or top of something
4. crown of a tree
5. large round mountaintop
6. (figuratively) mind, reasoning
7. (usually in the plural) milk skin

References

• “cabeza” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “cabeza” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “cabeza” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “cabeza” in Santamarina, Antón (coord.): Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
• “cabeza” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Castilian) IPA^(key): /kaˈbeθa/, [kaˈβeθa]
• (Latin America) IPA^(key): /kaˈbesa/, [kaˈβesa]

• Audio (Latin America)

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• Rhymes: -esa

Noun

cabeza f (plural cabezas)

1. (anatomy) head