cabezada
cabezadas
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cabezadas(
kah
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beh
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sah
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dahs
)A plural noun indicates that there is more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
1. (nautical)
a. pitching
Las cabezadas que daba el barco marearon a los pasajeros.The pitching of the ship made the passengers seasick.
cabezada
A feminine noun is almost always used with feminine articles and adjectives (e.g. la mujer bonita, la luna llena).
2. (movement of the head)
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)
Regionalism used in the 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 word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g. skinny, grandma).
cabezadaNoun
Copyright © 2006 Harrap Publishers LimitedA noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling or idea (e.g. man, dog, house).
1. (de sueño)
a.
dar cabezadasto nod off
echar o dar una cabezadato have a nap
2. (golpe)
a. headbutt
Collins Complete Spanish Electronic Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
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