cabeçudo
Portuguese, adjective/ka.beˈsu.du/
cabeçudo is spelled C-A-B-E-Ç-U-D-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 48,304th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cabeçudo is a Portuguese adjective meaning “having a large head” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que tem muita cabeça ou cabeça muito grande”.
What does cabeçudo mean in English?
adjective
- 1
having a large head
- 2
stubborn
- 3
stupid
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que tem muita cabeça ou cabeça muito grande 2. que tem a ponta ou extremidade maior do que o resto, ou de forma arredondada 3. obstinado, teimoso
noun: 1. pessoa mascarada com uma cabeça grande de cartão que desfila em cortejos festivos 2. girino de batráquio 3. tortulho da espécie Boleutus edulis 4. palmeira da espécie Butia leiospatha
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 cabeçudo
- cabeçuda feminine
- cabeçudos masculine plural
- cabeçudas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cabeçudo?
- Brazil /ka.beˈsu.du/
- Portugal /kɐ.bɨˈsu.du/
- Portugal [kɐ.βɨˈsu.ðu]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cabeçudo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cabeçudo in Portuguese?
cabeçudo appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).