cabeza

noun

ca·​be·​za

kəˈbāzə

plural -s

1

Southwest : the head of a person or animal

2

: a head of a Philippine group of families

Word History

Etymology

Spanish

First Known Use

1836, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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