cabeceira

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese cabeçeira (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria): synchronically cabeza +‎ -eira. Cognate with Portuguese cabeceira and Spanish cabecera.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kaβeˈθei̯ɾɐ], (western) [kaβeˈsei̯ɾɐ]

Noun

cabeceira f (plural cabeceiras)

1. (furniture) headboard, bedhead

   Synonym: testeiro

2. (fishing) first floater of a longline

   Antonym: cúa

3. extreme or top of a field

   Antonyms: fondeira, illargada

4. (archaic) head of government
5. headwaters

Related terms

• cabeza (“head”)

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “cabeçeira”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “cabeçe”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cabeceira”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “cabeceira”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cabeceira”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Portuguese

Etymology

From cabeça (“head”) +‎ -eira. Compare Spanish cabecera.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.beˈse(j).ɾɐ/ [ka.beˈse(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.beˈse(j).ɾɐ/ [ka.beˈse(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.beˈse(j).ɾa/ [ka.beˈse(ɪ̯).ɾa]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ.bɨˈsɐj.ɾɐ/ [kɐ.βɨˈsɐj.ɾɐ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ.bɨˈsɐj.ɾɐ/ [kɐ.βɨˈsɐj.ɾɐ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ.bɨˈsej.ɾɐ/ [kɐ.βɨˈsej.ɾɐ]
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ.bɨˈsej.ɾɐ/ [kɐ.βɨˈsej.ɾɐ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ.bɨˈse.ɾɐ/ [kɐ.βɨˈse.ɾɐ]

• Hyphenation: ca‧be‧cei‧ra

Noun

cabeceira f (plural cabeceiras)

1. (furniture) headboard (of a bed)
2. (especially in the plural) source of a river

Further reading

• “cabeceira” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.