cabezadas

pitching

cabezadas(kah-beh-sah-dahs)

plural noun

1. (nautical)

a. pitching

Las cabezadas que daba el barco marearon a los pasajeros.

The pitching of the ship made the passengers seasick.

cabezada

feminine noun

2. (movement of the head)

a. nod

Juan me indica con una cabezada que me vaya.

With a nod, Juan indicates that I should leave.

3. (butt using the skull)

a. head butt

El delantero portugués todavía tiene un moretón en la mejilla provocado por una cabezada.

The Portuguese forward still has a bruise on his cheek caused by a head butt.

4. (bang on the head)

a. blow to one's head

Tras la cabezada, Pedro perdió la conciencia.

Pedro lost consciousness following the blow to his head.

5. (horseback riding)

a. head collar

El caballo no quiere que le ponga la cabezada.

The horse doesn't want me to put on his head collar.

b. head stall

(United States)

El jinete está acostumbrado a colocar la cabezada del caballo a diario.

The rider's used to putting the horse's head stall on it every day.

6. (nautical)

a. pitch

Cuando salimos del puerto, una cabezada violenta me hizo perder el equilibrio.

When we left port, a violent pitch made me lose my balence.

7.

(colloquial)

(short sleep)

a. nap

Tienes sueño. Necesitas una cabezada.

You're sleepy. You need a nap.

cabezada

Noun

1. (de sueño)

a.

dar cabezadasto nod off

echar o dar una cabezadato have a nap

2. (golpe)

a. headbutt

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cabezada

1 (cabezazo) head butt; butt; (porrazo) blow on the head

darse de cabezadas to rack one's brains

2 (cabeceo) shake of the head; nod

dar cabezadas to nod (sleepily); doze; dar o echar una cabezada have a nap

3 (Náutica) pitch; pitching

dar cabezadas to pitch

4 (parte de arreos) head stall; [de bota] instep; [de zapato] vamp

5 (And) (S. Cone) saddle tree

6 (Caribe) (S. Cone) [de río] headwaters