cabecilla
Spanish, noun/kabeˈθiʝa/
cabecilla is spelled C-A-B-E-C-I-L-L-A (9 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written Spanish, the 32,109th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cabecilla is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “leader, boss” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a diminutive of cabeza. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Persona que lidera a un grupo o banda no oficial”.
What does cabecilla mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemasculineleader, boss
- 2
femininemasculinediminutive of cabeza
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Persona que lidera a un grupo o banda no oficial. 2. Jefe de rebeldes. 3. Persona de mala conducta o de poco juicio.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of cabecilla
- cabecillas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cabecilla?
- /kabeˈθiʝa/
- [ka.β̞eˈθi.ʝa]
- [kaβ̞eˈsiʝa]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cabecilla
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cabecilla in Spanish?
cabecilla appears 1.1 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).