cabeza
Spanish, noun/kaˈbeθa/
cabeza is spelled C-A-B-E-Z-A (6 letters) and appears 219 times per million words in written Spanish, the 378th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cabeza is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “head” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Parte superior del cuerpo del ser humano y de algunos animales, que contiene el cerebro, la boca, los ojos, y…”.
What does cabeza mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininehead
- 2
femininemind (in certain phrases)
perder la cabeza
noun
- 1
colloquialmasculineguy, dude, man
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Parte superior del cuerpo del ser humano y de algunos animales, que contiene el cerebro, la boca, los ojos, y otros órganos sensoriales. 2. Por metonimia, capacidad de pensamiento y de juicio. 3. Persona que dirige un emprendimiento. 4. Extremo opuesto a la punta de clavos y alfileres.
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 cabeza
- cabezas plural
- cabeça alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cabeza?
- /kaˈbeθa/
- [kaˈβ̞e.θa]
- /kaˈbesa/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cabeza
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cabeza in Spanish?
cabeza appears 219 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).