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cabezas

heads

noun kah-BEH-sahs Rare
Body & Health Body Parts

Also means

leaders

Usage Note

Cabezas is the plural of cabeza (head). Beyond the anatomical meaning it appears in idioms: cabeza de lista (top of the ballot), cabeza de turco (scapegoat), and in the compound cabezas rapadas (skinheads). Cabeza is feminine even though it ends in -a, and its gender does not change in the plural.

Examples

"Las cabezas del grupo asistieron a la reunión."

Natural Translation

The leaders of the group attended the meeting.

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