cabellera

Catalan

Etymology

From cabell +‎ -era.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central) [kə.βəˈʎe.ɾə]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic) [kə.bəˈʎe.ɾə]
  • IPA(key): (Valencia) [ka.beˈʎe.ɾa]
  • Audio (Catalonia):(file)

Noun

cabellera f (plural cabelleres)

  1. head of hair
  2. mane (longer hair growth on back of neck of an animal)
    Synonym: crinera
  3. (astronomy) tail (the visible stream of dust and gases blown from a comet by the solar wind)

Further reading

Spanish

Etymology

From cabello +‎ -era.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /kabeˈʝeɾa/ [ka.β̞eˈʝe.ɾa] (most of Spain and Latin America)
  • IPA(key): /kabeˈʎeɾa/ [ka.β̞eˈʎe.ɾa] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
  • IPA(key): /kabeˈʃeɾa/ [ka.β̞eˈʃe.ɾa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
  • IPA(key): /kabeˈʒeɾa/ [ka.β̞eˈʒe.ɾa] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

  • Rhymes: -eɾa
  • Syllabification: ca‧be‧lle‧ra

Noun

cabellera f (plural cabelleras)

  1. hair, head of hair
    • 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 57:
      En la ya nombrada laguna de Aculeo, se dice también que hay encantada una princesa, a cual se le ha visto peinar con peine de oro las áureas hebras de su admirable cabellera.
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  2. (astronomy) tail (the visible stream of dust and gases blown from a comet by the solar wind)

Further reading

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