cabezazo

Spanish

Etymology

From cabeza +‎ -azo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /kabeˈθaθo/ [ka.β̞eˈθa.θo]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /kabeˈsaso/ [ka.β̞eˈsa.so]
• Rhymes: -aθo
• Rhymes: -aso
• Syllabification: ca‧be‧za‧zo

Noun

cabezazo m (plural cabezazos)

1. headbutt

   Synonyms: testarazo, cabezada

2. (sports) header (the act of hitting the ball with the head)

   Synonym: testarazo

3. Augmentative of cabeza

Further reading

• “cabezazo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28