cabezal

cabezal

Galician

Etymology

Attested since the 13th century (cabeçal): synchronically cabeza +‎ -al. Cognate with Portuguese cabeçal and Spanish cabezal

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaβeˈθal/, (western) /kaβeˈsal/

Noun

cabezal m (plural cabezais)

1. halter

   Synonyms: cabresto, trenla

2. pillow (a soft, usually square, cushion used to support the head in bed)
   • 1375, A. López Ferreiro (ed.), Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática. Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 380:

     It. mando a estevayna boa moller hua cama de Roupa que seia hua Coçedra et huun almadraque et hua colcha et dous cabeçaes

     Item, I bequeath Estevaíña, good woman, a bedding, which is a feather mattress and a large mattress and a quilt and two pillows

   Synonyms: almofada, traveseiro

3. (archaic, law) executor
   • 1309, M. Romaní Martínez (ed.), La colección diplomática de Santa María de Oseira (1025-1310), Santiago: Tórculo Edicións, vol III page 1283:

     Item mando que aquel deste testamento for meu cabeçal, que aya poder de vender a mia herdade de Paderne

     Item, I order that the executor of this, my will, has the power to sell my property in Paderne

Related terms

• cabeza (“head”)

References

• “cabeçal” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “cabeça” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “cabezal” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “cabezal” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “cabezal” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Spanish

Etymology

From cabeza +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /kabeˈθal/ [ka.β̞eˈθal]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /kabeˈsal/ [ka.β̞eˈsal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: ca‧be‧zal

Noun

cabezal m (plural cabezales)

1. head (of a mechanism)

   Hyponym: cabezal de ducha

   cabezal de vídeo ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

2. small pillow; headrest (in a car)

   Synonyms: reposacabezas, almohada

3. headboard, bedhead

   Synonym: cabecero

4. wig block

Related terms

• cabeza

Further reading

• “cabezal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014