cabeça
Portuguese, noun/kaˈbe.sɐ/
cabeça is spelled C-A-B-E-Ç-A (6 letters) and appears 251 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 363rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cabeça is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “head (part of the body)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “parte do corpo humano, onde se localizam o cérebro, protegido pelo crânio, e a face, ligada ao tronco pelo…”.
What does cabeça mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininehead (part of the body)
- 2
femininehead (topmost, foremost, or leading part)
- 3
femininesense
noun
- 1
colloquialfemininemasculinehead (leader, boss)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. parte do corpo humano, onde se localizam o cérebro, protegido pelo crânio, e a face, ligada ao tronco pelo pescoço 2. faculdade de raciocinar conforme o estado de normalidade sem afetação devido a sentimento ou ânimo como a raiva, nervosismo, apatia, amor ou outros
noun: 1. arquitetador, concebedor, idealizador 2. pessoa que exerce liderança
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of cabeça
- cabeças plural
- cabêça alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cabeça?
- Brazil /kaˈbe.sɐ/
- Portugal /kɐˈbe.sɐ/
- Portugal [kɐˈβe.sɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cabeça
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cabeça in Portuguese?
cabeça appears 251 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).