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, Philippines) /kabeˈseɾa/ [ka.β̞eˈse.ɾa]

• Audio (Venezuela):

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• Rhymes: -eɾa
• Syllabification: ca‧be‧ce‧ra

Noun

cabecera f (plural cabeceras)

1. headboard, bedhead

   Synonyms: cabecero, cabezal

2. head (of company)
3. (Philippines) seat of government

   Synonym: capital

4. headline, heading, top
5. (television, film) opening credits, intro, title sequence

   Synonym: intro

6. headwaters
7. (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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10