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cabezudo.

big-headed, headstrong

8 characters4 syllables approx.Galego language

Meaning & usage

adj/kabeˈθudo/[kɑ.β̞eˈθu.ð̞ʊ]/kabeˈθudo/standard[kɑ.β̞eˈθu.ð̞ʊ]standard

  1. big-headed, headstrong

  2. stubborn

  3. having a head

Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese cabezudo (first attested in 1276). By surface analysis, cabeza (“head”) + -udo.

noun/kabeˈθudo/[kɑ.β̞eˈθu.ð̞ʊ]/kabeˈθudo/standard[kɑ.β̞eˈθu.ð̞ʊ]standard

  1. a traditional mask representing a personage with oversized head

    masculine

  2. tadpole

    masculine

  3. gurnard

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese cabezudo (first attested in 1276). By surface analysis, cabeza (“head”) + -udo.

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