Meaning

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

Frequency

A1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/kaˈbe.sɐ/
Etymology

In summary

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *káput Proto-Italic *kaput Latin caput Proto-Indo-European *-yós Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ium Latin capitium Old Galician-Portuguese cabeça Portuguese cabeça From Old Galician-Portuguese cabeça, from Vulgar Latin capitia, from the neuter plural (reanalyzed as a feminine singular) of Latin capitium, from caput.

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