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la cabeza

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[hed]

sustantivo

1cabeza (f) (of person)

a fine head of hair -> una buena cabellera
to be a head taller than somebody -> sacar or llevar una cabeza a alguien (RP)
from head to foot or toe -> de la cabeza a los pies
to stand on one's head -> hacer el pino (con la cabeza sobre el suelo)
to stand a situation on its head (sentido figurado) -> trastornar completamente una situación
to win by a head -> ganar por una cabeza (horse)
she's head and shoulders above the other candidates (sentido figurado) -> está muy por encima de los demás candidatos (much better than)
head cold (medicina) -> catarro (m)
head start -> ventaja (f) (advantage)

2(intellect, mind)

to do sums in one's head -> sumar mentalmente
to have a good head on one's shoulders -> tener la cabeza sobre los hombros
to have a good head for business/figures -> tener (buena) cabeza para los negocios/los números
to have a (good) head for heights -> no tener vértigo
he has taken it into his head that… -> se le ha metido en la cabeza que…
it never entered my head that… -> nunca se me pasó por la cabeza que…
to put ideas into somebody's head -> meter ideas a alguien en la cabeza
he's not right in the head (familiar) -> no está bien de la cabeza

3cabeza (f) (of pin, hammer, garlic, list); punta (f) (of arrow); parte (f) superior (of page, stairs); cabecera (f) (of bed, table); espuma (f) (on beer); cabeza (f) (magnética), cabezal (m) (on tape recorder)

a head of lettuce -> una lechuga
a head of cabbage -> un repollo
to be at the head of a list/queue -> encabezar una lista/cola
heads or tails? -> ¿cara o cruz?(when tossing coin), ¿cara o sello? (español de Chile, español de Colombia), ¿águila o sol? (español de México), ¿cara o ceca? (RP)
to build up a head of steam -> tomar ímpetu (person, campaign)
to come to a head -> alcanzar un punto crítico (conflict, situation)

4cabeza (sustantivo masculino) (person in charge) (of family, the Church); jefe(a) (sustantivo masculino o femenino) (of business)

head (teacher) (escuela) -> director(ora) (sustantivo masculino o femenino) (británico)
head boy (escuela) -> delegado (m) de toda la escuela (británico)
head girl (escuela) -> delegada (f) de toda la escuela (británico)
head office -> sede (f) , central (f)
head of state -> jefe (m) de Estado
head waiter -> maître (m)

5(unit)

to pay £10 per or a head -> pagar 10 libras por cabeza
six head of cattle -> seis cabezas de ganado, seis reses

6(idioms)

we put our heads together -> entre todos nos pusimos a pensar
they'll have your head (on a plate) for this -> vas a pagar con el pellejo por esto
to bury or have one's head in the sand -> adoptar la estrategia del avestruz
to give somebody his head -> dar libertad a alguien (allow to take decisions)
on your own head be it -> allá tú con lo que haces
to go over somebody's head -> pasar por encima de alguien (appeal to higher authority)
to shout one's head off (familiar) -> desgañitarse, vociferar
the wine/the praise went to his head -> se le subió a la cabeza el vino/tanto halago
two heads are better than one (Prov) -> dos mentes discurren más que una sola
off the top of one's head -> sin pararse a pensar
it was or went over my head -> no me di cuenta de nada
I can't make head or tail of this -> no le encuentro ni pies ni cabeza a esto
to lose one's head (familiar) -> perder la cabeza or los nervios
to keep one's head (familiar) -> mantener la cabeza en su sitio
to be off one's head (familiar) -> estar mal de la cabeza or como un cencerro
to give somebody head (vulgar) -> chupársela or (oral sex) hacerle una mamada a alguien (español de España)

verbo transitivo

7estar a la cabeza de (lead) (organization, campaign); encabezar (list, procession)

8conducir (direct)

one of the locals headed me in the right direction -> un lugareño me indicó el camino

9encabezar, titular (put a title on) (page, chapter)

10(in soccer)

to head the ball -> cabecear el balón, darle al balón de cabeza

verbo intransitivo

11dirigirse (move)

they were heading out of town -> salían de la ciudad

head [jed-uind]

1Mandar, gobernar, dirigir (lead).

2Degollar.

3Poner cabeza, puño, punta o una parte muy principal a alguna cosa.

4Podar los árboles.

5Avanzar y cortar la retirada.

verbo neutro (intransitivo)

6Adelantarse en una dirección determinada. (n)

7Repollar, acogollarse (como un col); anudar, cuajar las flores o frutos. (n)

8Tomar su origen, provenir de. (n)

va.

head [hed]

noun

1 (part of body) cabeza; (f)

my head achesaches me duele la cabeza

the horse won by a (short) headby el caballo ganó por una cabeza (escasa)

he went head first into the ditch/wallfirst se cayó de cabeza en la zanja/se dio de cabeza contra la pared

the lorry rammed head first into a building

the government is ploughing head first into another crisis el gobierno avanza irremediablemente hacia otra crisis

I crashed head first through the windscreen I hit the floor head first he had apparently fallen head first down the stairwell my mate dived head first through a window and I ran down the hallway

from head to footfoot de pies a cabeza

we were covered in mud from head to foot

to give a horse its headgive soltar las riendas a un caballo

to give sb his/her head dar rienda suelta a algn

he recognized ability and gave people their heads

wine goes to my headgoes el vino se me sube a la cabeza

success has gone to his head el éxito se le ha subido a la cabeza

he is not someone to let a little success go to his head

head of hairhair cabellera; (f)

to go head over heelsheels caer de cabeza

to fall head over heels in love with sb enamorarse perdidamente de algn

he tripped and fell head over heels on to the pavement

to keep one's head downkeepdown no levantar la cabeza; (work hard) trabajar de lo lindo; (avoid being noticed) intentar pasar desapercibido

keep your head down or they'll see us he was one of those students who keep their heads down and stay on the right side of the lecturers I think we'd better keep our heads down until this crisis has blown over

to nod one's headnod decir que sí asentir con la cabeza;or

he was reprimanded for trying to go over the heads of senior officers

to shake one's headshake decir que no negar con la cabeza;or

he stands head and shoulders above the restshoulders les saca más de una cabeza a los demás; los demás no le llegan a la suela del zapato

to stand on one's headstand hacer el pino

I could do it standing on my head (informal) lo podría hacer con los ojos cerrados

she is a head taller than her sistertaller le saca una cabeza a su hermana

from head to toetoe de pies a cabeza

we were covered in mud from head to foot

I ought to bang knock your heads togetherortogether os voy a dar un coscorrón a los dos; (informal)

How can you both be so obstinate? I ought to bank your heads together at the time people said the Queen ought to knock Diana's and Charles's heads together Every decent human being, in England, and Ireland - north and south - wants to bang their leaders' heads together and say, `Get on with it John Major should knock the Cabinet heads together if he's unable to knock everybody's heads together, then questions are going to be raised about his own ability to continue in office

he turned his head and looked back at herturned volvió la cabeza y la miró

she turned her head from side to side I turned my head to the wall

I can't get my head around that (informal) no consigo entenderlo; para mí eso es un misterio

to have one's head up one's arse assor (US) (vulgar) (be pig-headed) ser cabezón; (be self-obsessed) mirarse al ombligón

Brett, dearie, if you weren't such a colossal fuckwit with your head up your own arse every minute of the day, you could accept the fact that you are heterosexual through and through You got your head up your ass, or what? Then you try to find the fucking killer!

to bite sb's head off echar un rapapolvo a algn

I only asked a simple question - there's no need to bite my head off

to put lay one's head on the blockor jugársela; arriesgarse

I'm not laying my head on the block for him she was ready to lay her head on the block - she was so convinced of her ideas

to get one's head down (to work) poner manos a la obra; (to sleep) acostarse; echarse

if you're going to pass those exams you'd better get your head down you go and get your head down for a while - I'll wake you up when they get here

to go over sb's head

they went over my head to the manager pasaron por encima de mí y fueron directamente al gerente

to hold one's head up (high) ir con la frente bien alta erguida;or

with head held high con la frente bien alta erguida;or

I was so ashamed I felt I'd never be able to hold my head up in their company again now he can hold his head up again

to laugh one's head off desternillarse de risa; (informal)

he would laugh his head off at his own jokes they'll laugh their heads off when they see me in this outfit

to stand turn sth on its heador dar la vuelta a algo

on your own head be it! ¡allá tú!; tú sabrás lo que haces

to want sb's head on a plate querer la cabeza de algn

the call for Mr Lamont's head on a plate over the economic crisis is unfair to stand an argument on its head the basis of family life has been stood on its head their's was a nonconformist relationship which turned the standard notion of marriage on its head there was no way to tell that virtually every point of reference in their world would get stood on its head

to turn one's head the other way hacer la vista gorda

some students wanted Malcolm's head on a plate - others wanted him to be glorified as a saint for bringing life to Goldsmiths

heads will roll van a rodar cabezas

the group's problems have led to speculation that heads will roll

to bury hide stick one's head in the sandoror seguir la táctica del avestruz

I can't bury my head in the sand - it's just something I have to deal with, that's all it's no good burying your head in the sand - the problem won't go away he thinks if he buries his head in the sand the problem will go away

to scream/shout one's head off desgañitarse

you can scream your head off if you want to - I'm not changing my mind there's no need to shout your head off - I'm not deaf

I can't make head nor or tail of itor no le encuentro ni pies ni cabeza

I can't make head nor or tail of what he's sayingor no entiendo nada de lo que dice

to turn heads llamar la atención

she had the kind of looks that turn heads tenía ese tipo de belleza que llama la atención

the Flying Elephants are already big in their own country and are currently turning heads in America

to keep one's head above water ir tirando

we are keeping our head above water but our cash flow position is not too good I'm just trying to keep my head above water until my financial situation improves to bang or knock sb's heads [together]

acid cloud hang knock price rear swell top

2 (intellect, mind) cabeza; (f)

use your head! ¡usa la cabeza!; you never know what's going on in his head nunca sabes lo que le está pasando por la cabeza; it's gone right out of my head se me ha ido de la cabeza; se me ha olvidado; it was the first thing that came into my head fue lo primero que me vino a la cabeza

it was above their headsabove no lo entendían

it's better to come to it with a clear head in the morningclear es mejor hacerlo por la mañana con la cabeza despejada

to keep a clear head, it's important to get some time off alone he started the job full of ideas and with a clear head

it never entered my headentered ni se me pasó por la cabeza siquiera

you need your head examining examinedexaminingorexamined tú estás mal de la cabeza

to have a head for business/figuresfor ser bueno para los negocios/con los números

I have no head for heightsheights tengo vértigo

an extraordinarily effective organizer with a remarkable head for figures

to do a sum in one's headin hacer un cálculo mental

he added it all up in his head lo sumó todo mentalmente

he has got it into his head that ...into se le ha metido en la cabeza que ...

I wish he would get it into his thick head that ... ya me gustaría que le entrara en ese cabezón que tiene que ...; who put that (idea) into your head? ¿quién te ha metido eso en la cabeza?; don't put ideas into his head no le metas ideas en la cabeza

if only I could get it into his head that he'll never see them again managers have at last got it into their heads that they can no longer rest content with inefficient operations once they get an idea into their heads, they never give up get it into your head that ...

I can't get that tune out of my headout of no puedo quitarme esa música de la cabeza

it was over their headsover no lo entendían

it went way over my head no entendí nada

a lot of the ideas went way over my head half the things she says are over my head

I'm sure if we put our heads together we can work something outputtogether estoy seguro de que si intercambiamos ideas encontraremos una solución

so everyone put their heads together and an amicable arrangement was reached Ginny and I will just put our heads together and think of people we know who can steer you into the right places we've got to put our heads together and try and work this out they put their heads together as to how best to use the cash

to take it into one's head to do sthtakeinto

he took it into his head to go to Australia se le metió en la cabeza ir a Australia

he suddenly took it into his head to go out to Australia to stay with his son

don't worry your head about itworry no te preocupes; no le des muchas vueltas

don't you worry your head about it - all the arrangements are taken care of

to keep one's head mantener la calma

she was able to keep her head and not panic if you can keep your head while all around you are losing theirs, you are doing OK

to lose one's head perder la cabeza los estribos;or

she lost her head and started screaming at me some kid broke in and lost his head when Shaughnessey got home - smashed him too hard it must have been the last straw to Darren and he simply lost his head

to be/go off one's head (informal) estar/volverse majara; (informal)

you must be off your head! ¡estás como una cabra!

he's gone completely off his head

to be out of one's head (informal) (mad) haber perdido el juicio; estar mal de la cabeza; (drunk) estar borracho como una cuba; (informal) (on drugs) estar colocadísimo; (very_informal) estar como una moto; (informal)

he's got his head screwed on (the right way) tiene la cabeza sobre los hombros

to be soft weak in the heador estar mal de la cabeza

I let him talk me into it - I must have gone soft in the head

to go soft in the head perder la cabeza

all that flattery will turn his head todos esos halagos se le subirán a la cabeza

two heads are better than one cuatro ojos ven más que dos

3 (leader) [of firm] directoradirectora;a directora (m) (f) especially (Britain) [of school] directoradirectora;a directora (m) (f)

I may have put in most of the capital but, in terms of expertise, she is head of the firm his brother was head of the family firm he underwent a role change from head of the family to dependent invalid I was summoned to the head's office

head of departmentdepartment (in school, firm) jefeajefa de departamento;a jefa (m) (f)

head of French el jefe/la jefa del departamento de francés

she herself progressed from technician to Senior Lecturer and Head of Department one afternoon at a Fleet Street newspaper the editor stormed into an office, demanding to know where the head of department was

head of (the) householdhousehold cabeza de familia; (m)

women who clearly ran the home talked of their husbands as the natural head of the household in 1986 a third of all unemployed heads of household were in home ownership

head of statestate (Pol) jefeajefa de Estado;a jefa (m) (f)

Nigeria retained certain constitutional links with the UK, by retaining the Queen as Head of State heads of government from more than 1oo countries gather in Geneva tomorrow in 1940 Pétain became head of government Chamorro is the first Nicaraguan head of government to be received at a White House state visit in 52 years

4 (top part) [of hammer, pin, spot] cabeza; (f) [of arrow, spear] punta; (f) [of stick, cane] puño; (m) [of bed, page] cabecera; (f) [of stairs] parte alta; (f) (on beer) espuma; (f) [of river] cabecera; (f) nacimiento; (m) [of valley] final; (m) [of mountain pass] cima; (f)

at the head of [+organization] a la cabeza de; [+train] en la parte delantera de; to be at the head of the class ser el mejor de la clase; to be at the head of the league ir a la cabeza de la liga; to be at the head of the list encabezar la lista; to be at the head of the queue ser el primero en la cola; to sit at the head of the table sentarse en la cabecera de la mesa; presidir la mesa

5 (Bot) [of flower] cabeza; (f) flor; (f)

dried poppy heads

[of corn] mazorca; (f)

a head of celery/garliccelerygarlic una cabeza de apio/ajo

a head of lettucelettuce una lechuga

6 (Téc) (on tape-recorder) cabezal; (m) cabeza magnética; (f) [of cylinder] culata; (f) (Comput) cabeza; (f)

reading/writing head cabeza de lectura/grabación; (f)

7 (culmination)

to [bring] sth to a head

this will bring matters to a headbring esto llevará las cosas a un punto crítico

to come to a headcome [+situation] alcanzar un punto crítico

it all came to a head when he met her yesterday these problems came to a head in September when five of the station's journalists were sacked

8 heads (on coin) cara; (f)

it came down heads salió cara; heads or tails? ¿cara o cruz?; ¿águila o sol?; (Méx) to toss heads or tails echar a cara o cruz

heads I win, tails you lose cara yo gano, cruz tú pierdes

9 (no pl) (unit)

20 head of cattle 20 cabezas de ganado (vacuno); £15 a per heador 15 libras por cabeza persona;or

this simple chicken dish costs less than o1 a head Ethiopia uses the equivalent of just 20 kilos of oil per head a year

10 (Náut) proa; (f)

head to wind con la proa a barlovento de cara al viento;or

11 (Geog) cabo; (m)

12 (pressure)

head of steam presión de vapor; (f)

once they have worked up a good head of steam the locomotive is ready to move off

head of water presión de agua; (f)

13 (height) [of water]

there has to be a head of six feet between the tank and the bath el tanque tiene que estar a una altura de dos metros con respecto al baño

14 (title) titular; (m) (subject heading) encabezamiento; (m)

this comes under the head of ... esto viene en el apartado de ...

[under] this head

verb:transitive

1 (be at front of) [+procession, league, poll] encabezar; ir a la cabeza de; [+list] encabezar

the parson, heading the procession, had just turned right towards the churchyard with two weeks to go until the elction, he is still heading the polls

2 (be in charge of) [+organization] dirigir; (Dep) [+team] capitanear

the British team, headed by Linford Christie Michael Wilson, who heads the department's office of civil rights the ruling Socialist Party, headed by Dr Franz Vranitzky Wegner heads a team of government scientists she is now happy in her work and heads a team of 14 people

3 (steer) [+ship, car, plane] dirigir

she headed the car towards town the hijackers told us to head the plane to South Africa he headed the boat for the shore

4 (Ftbl) [+goal] cabecear

he scored a fine headed goal six minutes into the second half he headed the first goal from Poultney's free kick

to head the ball cabecear (el balón)

he headed the ball across the goalmouth

5 [+chapter] encabezar

one chapter is headed "beating the test" salesmen were told of the trust's dissolution in a letter headed "News of Freedom" to head a chapter/a letter (with sth) it prompted me to head the chapter of a book I recently wrote on the subject of Atlantis with the following lines ...

verb:intransitive

where are you heading headed?or ¿hacia dónde vas?; ¿para dónde vas?; he hitched a ride on a truck heading headed westor hizo autostop y lo recogió un camión que iba hacia el oeste; he headed up the hill se dirigió hacia la cima de la colina; they were heading home/back to town volvían a casa/a la ciudad

we headed into the mountains it is not clear how many of them will be heading back to Saudi Arabia tomorrow the refugees are finally heading back to Rwanda the plane has already left London and is headed for Cairo

modifier

head boy (n) (Britain) (Educ) delegado de la escuela alumno; (m) (alumno)

head buyer (n) jefeajefa de compras;a jefa (m) (f)

she is head buyer for a chain of department stores

head case (informal) (n) (Britain) majara; (informal) (m) chifladoachiflada;a chiflada (informal) (m) (f)

you'd have to be a bit of a head case to do that

head cheese (n) (US) queso de cerdo; (m) cabeza de jabalí; (f) (Esp) carne en gelatina; (f)

a head cheese sandwich

head clerk (n) encargadoaencargada;a encargada (m) (f)

/the head clerk at the printer's/ called the younger employees together to show them a slightly difficult character which he had looked up in the dictionary we still had a head clerk and assistants in the shop, and Granny had a maid the head clerk at the city's most important bank

head coach (n) (Dep) primeraprimera entrenadoraentrenadora;a primera a entrenadora (m) (f)

he was a physical training instructor and head coach of swimming at Yale the head coach of the Cincinnati Bengals

head cold (n) resfriado (de cabeza); (m)

I had a bad head cold we asked Achmed, the head cook, if the captain had had anything different to eat from the rest of us

head count (n) recuento de personas; (m)

one member of the patrol turned up missing in a head count afterwards the whips know from a head count who is going to win the vote

to take a head count hacer un recuento de personas

officials say their first priority is to take a head count and separate healthy refugees from the sick

head gardener (n) jefeajefa de jardineros;a jefa (m) (f)

Canon was on his way to the head gardener's cottage at 23 he became head gardener to the Duke of Devonshire at Chatsworth

head girl (n) (Britain) (Educ) delegada de la escuela alumna; (f) (alumna)

head injury (n) herida en la cabeza; (f)

she died from severe head injuries he was treated for a head injury and shock

head nurse (n) enfermeroaenfermera jefe;a enfermera (m) (f)

she was the head nurse on the ward Alice O'Connell was the head nurse at the hospital where I worked as an intern

head office (n) sede central; (f)

they have moved their head office from London to Bristol I had a visit from a Head Office manager the ANC head office in Johannesburg

head prefect (n) (Britain) (Educ) delegadoadelegada de la escuela alumno/alumna;a delegada (m) (f) (alumno/alumna)

head restraint (n) (Aut) apoyacabezas; (m) reposacabezas; (m)

head start (n) ventaja; (f)

a good education gives your child a head start in life una buena educación sitúa a su hijo en una posición aventajada en la vida

Give me a couple of minutes" head start

to have a head start (over on sb)or (Dep) tener ventaja (sobre algn); he has a head start over other candidates tiene ventaja sobre les lleva ventaja a otros candidatos;or even if he had a head start he couldn't possibly win ni empezando con ventaja podría ganar

Mr Heseltine, however, has a head start over other possible challengers for the leadership Hungarian businessmen have had a head start over most of their Eastern European neighbors JON WALSHAW had a head start on his fellow competitors Seattle has a head start on the rest of the country in this new global economy

head teacher (n) directoradirectora;a directora (m) (f)

head waiter (n) maître; (m)

head wound (n) herida en la cabeza; (f)

blood oozed out of a head wound he was bleeding from a head wound a nasty head wound that needed five stitches

Verb Conjugation for "head"

Imperative

head
you head
he/she heads
we head
you head
they head

Preterite

I headed
you headed
he/she headed
we headed
you headed
they headed

Present Continuous

I am heading
you are heading
he/she is heading
we are heading
you are heading
they are heading

Present Perfect

I have headed
you have headed
he/she has headed
we have headed
you have headed
they have headed

Past Continuous

I was heading
you were heading
he/she was heading
we were heading
you were heading
they were heading

Past Perfect

I had headed
you had headed
he/she had headed
we had headed
you had headed
they had headed

Future

I will head
you will head
he/she will head
we will head
you will head
they will head

Future Perfect

I will have headed
you will have headed
he/she will have headed
we will have headed
you will have headed
they will have headed

Future Continuous

I will be heading
you will be heading
he/she will be heading
we will be heading
you will be heading
they will be heading

Present Perfect Continuous

I have been heading
you have been heading
he/she has been heading
we have been heading
you have been heading
they have been heading

Future Perfect Continuous

I will have been heading
you will have been heading
he/she will have been heading
we will have been heading
you will have been heading
they will have been heading

Past Perfect Continuous

I had been heading
you had been heading
he/she had been heading
we had been heading
you had been heading
they had been heading

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