Palabra Lexi · common words in Spanish
How to say "head" in Spanish
"Head" in Spanish is cabeza, pronounced kah-BEH-sah (stress on the syllable in capitals). It is a feminine noun (la cabeza, plural las cabezas).
| Spanish | cabeza |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | kah-BEH-sah |
| Meaning | head |
| Gender | feminine: la cabeza |
| Plural | las cabezas |
| Frequency | #74 in the Palabra list of common Spanish words |
Pronunciation is spelled out in English, one syllable at a time, with the stressed syllable in capitals. The speaker button uses your browser's built-in Spanish voice. Gender and plural: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
How to pronounce cabeza
Cabeza is pronounced kah-BEH-sah, in IPA /kaˈbeθa/ in Spain and /kaˈbesa/ in Latin America. Cabeza has three syllables, kah-BEH-sah, with the stress on the second. There is no written accent because the word follows the basic rule: words ending in a vowel, -n or -s are stressed on the second-to-last syllable.
- Z, and c before e or i, is th (as in "think") in most of Spain and s in Latin America.
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Is cabeza masculine or feminine?
Cabeza is feminine, so it takes la (the) and una (a): la cabeza. The plural is las cabezas. That fits the usual pattern: most nouns ending in -a are feminine.
Example sentences
Me duele la cabeza
my head hurts
Ella tiene la cabeza fría.
She has a cool head.
"Head" in Spain and Latin America
Useful phrases
- Me duele la cabeza.
I have a headache.
Regional words and roots: Diccionario de la lengua española (RAE). Spanish varies by region, so treat these as the most common patterns, not strict rules.
How to remember cabeza
cabeza [kah-BEH-sah] sounds like the English “cab as a”. Picture this:
Your head works as a cab: thoughts hail it, ride around, and forget to pay.
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