cabeceira
Portuguese, noun/ka.beˈse(j).ɾɐ/
cabeceira is spelled C-A-B-E-C-E-I-R-A (9 letters) and appears 3.0 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 17,458th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cabeceira is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “headboard (of a bed)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “princípio, começo, frente de uma coisa, parte dianteira, parte cimeira”.
What does cabeceira mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineheadboard (of a bed)
- 2
femininesource of a river
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. princípio, começo, frente de uma coisa, parte dianteira, parte cimeira 2. parte inicial do curso de um rio 3. parte da cama sobre a qual se coloca o travesseiro. 4. almofada para a cabeça
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 cabeceira
- cabeceiras plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cabeceira?
- Brazil /ka.beˈse(j).ɾɐ/
- Brazil [ka.beˈse(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]
- Brazil /ka.biˈse(j).ɾɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cabeceira
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cabeceira in Portuguese?
cabeceira appears 3.0 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).