cabecear

/[kaβ̞eseˈaɾ]/ verb

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#70,858

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

cabecear is aSpanishverb. It means: Mover la cabeza, inclinándola con frecuencia adelante, atrás o a los lados. Pronounced [kaβ̞eseˈaɾ].

Key facts for cabecear
PropertyValue
Headwordcabecear
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[kaβ̞eseˈaɾ]
Letters8
Frequency rank#70,858
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of cabecear in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for cabecear is 8 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kaβ̞eseˈaɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #70,858 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for cabecear in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable Spanish patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is cabecear, spelled C-A-B-E-C-E-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Mover la cabeza, inclinándola con frecuencia adelante, atrás o a los lados.
  2. 2
    Mover la cabeza a los lados significando que no se asiente a lo que se pide o se oye.
  3. 3
    Dar cabezadas, inclinando la cabeza hacia el pecho cuando se duerme una persona que está sentada.
  4. 4
    Mover los caballos la cabeza con frecuencia de arriba abajo.
  5. 5
    Moverse el buque, alzando y bajando alternativamente la popa y la proa.
  6. 6
    Moverse demasiado hacia delante y hacia atrás la caja de un carruaje.
  7. 7
    Inclinarse a una parte más que a otra una cosa que balancea y que debe estar en equilibrio.
  8. 8
    Dar a la pelota con la cabeza.

This word in other languages

Frequency rank: #70,858 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cabecear"?
"cabecear" is spelled C-A-B-E-C-E-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is [kaβ̞eseˈaɾ].
What does "cabecear" mean?
As a verb, "cabecear" means: Mover la cabeza, inclinándola con frecuencia adelante, atrás o a los lados.
How do you pronounce "cabecear"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cabecear" is [kaβ̞eseˈaɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cabecear" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.