cabecera

Spanish

Alternative forms

cabezera (obsolete)

Etymology

From cabeza (“head”) +‎ -era. Compare Portuguese cabeceira.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Spain) /kabeˈθeɾa/ [ka.β̞eˈθe.ɾa]
IPA^(key): (Latin America) /kabeˈseɾa/ [ka.β̞eˈse.ɾa]
Audio (Venezuela): (file)
Rhymes: -eɾa
Syllabification: ca‧be‧ce‧ra

Noun

cabecera f (plural cabeceras)

headboard, bedhead
Synonyms: cabecero, cabezal
head (of company)
(Philippines) seat of government
Synonym: capital
headline, heading, top
(television, film) opening credits, intro, title sequence
Synonym: intro
headwaters
(computing, networking) header

Derived terms

a la cabecera
cabecera de línea
cabecera de puente
de cabecera
libro de cabecera
médico de cabecera

Descendants

→ Hiligaynon: kabesera
→ Tagalog: kabisera

Further reading

“cabecera”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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