cabecear

From cabeza (“head”) +‎ -ear.

cabecear (first-person singular present cabeceo, first-person singular preterite cabeceei, past participle cabeceado)
cabecear (first-person singular present cabeceio, first-person singular preterite cabeceei, past participle cabeceado, reintegrationist norm)

1. (chiefly sports) to head (to strike with the head)
2. (intransitive) to nod (to gradually fall asleep)
3. (intransitive) to nod (to incline the head up and down, indicating agreement)

From cabeça (“head”) +‎ -ear.

• Hyphenation: ca‧be‧ce‧ar

cabecear (first-person singular present cabeceio, first-person singular preterite cabeceei, past participle cabeceado)

1. (chiefly sports) to head (to strike with the head)
2. (intransitive) to nod (to gradually fall asleep)
3. (intransitive) to nod (to incline the head up and down, indicating agreement)

   Synonym: assentir

From cabeza (“head”) +‎ -ear.

• IPA^(key): /kabeθeˈaɾ/ [ka.β̞e.θeˈaɾ] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /kabeseˈaɾ/ [ka.β̞e.seˈaɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ca‧be‧ce‧ar

cabecear (first-person singular present cabeceo, first-person singular preterite cabeceé, past participle cabeceado)

1. to shake (one's head, especially in disagreement)
2. (intransitive) to nod (as one gradually falls to sleep while seated or standing)
3. (intransitive) to rock, to pitch
4. (soccer, transitive) to head a ball

• “cabecear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024