cabezón
See also: cabezon
Spanish
Etymology
From cabeza (“head”) + -ón (augmentative suffix). Compare Portuguese cabeção.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /kabeˈθon/ [ka.β̞eˈθõn]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /kabeˈson/ [ka.β̞eˈsõn]
- Rhymes: -on
- Syllabification: ca‧be‧zón
Noun
cabezón m (plural cabezones, feminine cabezona, feminine plural cabezonas)
- a big-headed or stubborn person
- Augmentative of cabeza
Derived terms
- cabezonería (“pigheadedness, stubbornness”)
Further reading
- “cabezón”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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