reposacabezas

Verb-object compound, composed of reposa (“to rest”) +‎ cabezas (“heads”). Compare French repose-tête.

• IPA^(key): /reˌposakaˈbeθas/ [reˌpo.sa.kaˈβ̞e.θas] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /reˌposakaˈbesas/ [reˌpo.sa.kaˈβ̞e.sas] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -eθas (Spain)
• Rhymes: -esas (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: re‧po‧sa‧ca‧be‧zas

reposacabezas m (plural reposacabezas)

1. headrest, head restraint

   Synonym: apoyacabeza (Argentina, Uruguay)

• “reposacabezas”, 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