cabeça

Meaning

1. (feminine) head (part of the body)
2. (feminine) head (topmost, foremost, or leading part)
3. (feminine,figuratively) sense

Hyphenated as

ca‧be‧ça

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kaˈbe.sɐ/

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese cabeça, from Vulgar Latin capitia, from the neuter plural (reanalyzed as a feminine singular) of Latin capitium, from caput.

Sentences

Quem canta sem um tom não tem uma boa cabeça .

Those who sing without a tone do not have a good head.

Três homens mais velhos que estão na chuva com as folhas em sua cabeça .

Three older men standing in the rain with the leaves on their heads.

A verdade tem uma cabeça quebrada .

Truth has a broken head.

Eu levantei a cabeça depois do café da manhã e estava lá .

I lifted my head after breakfast and it was there.

Um homem usando uma viseira vira a cabeça e sorri .

A man wearing a visor turns his head and smiles.

Mulheres dormindo com a cabeça no colo no metrô .

Women sleeping with their heads in their laps on the subway.