cabezada

f.

1 headbutt (blow).

2 bump on the head, blow on the head, butt.

3 cat nap, nod, snooze, doze.

4 nodding.

5 rolling of ship, pitch.

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cabezada

► nombre femenino

1 (golpe recibido) blow on the head; (golpe dado) butt, head butt

2 (saludo, al dormirse) nod

3 (correaje) cavesson

4 MARÍTIMO pitch, pitching

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FRASEOLOGÍA

dar cabezadas familiar to nod

darse de cabezadas familiar to rack one's brains

echar una cabezada familiar to have a snooze

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SF

1) (=cabezazo) head butt, butt; (=porrazo) blow on the head

- darse de cabezadas

2) (=cabeceo) shake of the head, nod

dar cabezadas — to nod (sleepily), doze

dar o echar una cabezada — have a nap

3) (Náut) pitch, pitching

dar cabezadas — to pitch

4) (=parte de arreos) head stall; [de bota] instep; [de zapato] vamp

5) And, Cono Sur saddle tree

6) Caribe, Cono Sur [de río] headwaters

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femenino

a) (movimiento) nod

iba dormido, dando cabezadas — his head kept nodding in his sleep

dar or echar una cabezada — (fam) to have a nap (colloq)

b) (Equ) headstall

c) (Náut) pitch

dar cabezadas — to pitch up and down

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femenino

a) (movimiento) nod

iba dormido, dando cabezadas — his head kept nodding in his sleep

dar or echar una cabezada — (fam) to have a nap (colloq)

b) (Equ) headstall

c) (Náut) pitch

dar cabezadas — to pitch up and down

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cabezada¹

¹ = kip, catnap, power nap.

Nota: Usado para referirse a una siesta que ayuda a recuperar energías.

Ex: They swam in the shallow waters and had a kip in the shadows cast by the trees along the riverbank, waiting for the heat to dissipate.

Ex: Catnaps are a great way to catch up on lost sleep or to refresh ourselves.

Ex: Recent research also demonstrates that power naps can boost productivity.

* echarse una cabezada = get + forty winks, get + some shut-eye, snatch + some shut-eye, grab + some shut-eye, snatch + forty winks, grab + forty winks, take + forty winks.

cabezada²

² = headband.

Nota: En encuadernación antigua, tira ornamental de seda o algodón cosida o pegada en los extremos superior e inferior del lomo.

Ex: In medieval bindings the headbands were sewn in at the same time as the cords, but by the sixteenth century they were generally sewn on after the edges had been cut.

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cabezada

feminine

1 (movimiento) nod

iba dormido, dando cabezadas he was nodding as he slept

dar or echar una cabezada (fam); to have a nap (colloq), to have 40 winks (colloq)

2 (Equ) headstall

3 (Náut) pitch

las cabezadas del barco the pitching of the ship

daba cabezadas it was pitching

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cabezada sustantivo femenino (movimiento) nod;

◊ iba dormido, dando cabezadas his head kept nodding in his sleep;

dar or echar una cabezada (fam) to have a nap (colloq)
cabezada sustantivo femenino nod
♦ Locuciones: familiar dar cabezadas, to nod
echar una cabezada, to have a snooze

'cabezada' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
cabeceada
English:
doze
- shut-eye
- snooze

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cabezada nf

1. [de sueño]

dar cabezadas to nod off;

echar o [m5]dar una cabezada to have a nap

2. [golpe]

se dio una cabezada con o [m5]contra la puerta he banged his head against the door;

dar una cabezada a alguien to head-butt sb

3. [de barco, avión]

dar cabezadas to pitch;

me mareé con las cabezadas que daba el barco I got seasick from the way the boat was pitching about

4. [de caballo] bridle

5. Andes, RP [de silla de montar] saddlebow

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cabezada

f

1

:

echar una cabezada have a nap

2 (golpe) bang on the head

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cabezada nf

1) : butt, blow with the head

2) : nod

echar una cabezada: to take a nap, to doze off

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cabezada n

1. (golpe dado) head butt

2. (golpe recibido) blow on the head

echar una cabezada to have a nap