cabeçada
Portuguese, noun/ka.beˈsa.dɐ/
cabeçada is spelled C-A-B-E-Ç-A-D-A (8 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 34,194th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cabeçada is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “headbutt (sharp blow)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pancada com a cabeça”.
What does cabeçada mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineheadbutt (sharp blow)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. pancada com a cabeça 2. asneira, disparate 3. correia com que se cinge e guarnece a cabeça das cavalgaduras 4. movimento súbito, para cima, da cabeça da cavalgadura
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 cabeçada
- cabeçadas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cabeçada?
- Brazil /ka.beˈsa.dɐ/
- Portugal /kɐ.bɨˈsa.dɐ/
- Portugal [kɐ.βɨˈsa.ðɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cabeçada
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cabeçada in Portuguese?
cabeçada appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).