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cabeza

nounBeginnerHigh frequency

What does “cabeza” mean in English?

  1. head

Example sentences

  • Me duele la cabeza.

    My head hurts.

  • Levanta la cabeza, por favor.

    Raise your head, please.

  • Tengo dolor de cabeza.

    I have a headache.

How to use it

Cabeza means 'head'. Feminine: la cabeza. Used in many idioms — me duele la cabeza ('my head hurts'), tener cabeza ('to have a brain').

Common mistake

Spanish uses the definite article (la cabeza), not the possessive (mi cabeza), for body parts. 'Me duele la cabeza', not 'me duele mi cabeza'.

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Reference

This entry’s teaching guidance follows A New Reference Grammar of Modern Spanish (Butt, Benjamin & Moreira Rodríguez, Routledge), 8.