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a cabeça
head
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How do you say cabeça in Portuguese?
How do you pronounce cabeça in Portuguese?
cabeça is pronounced /a kaˈbesɐ/ in Portuguese.
Example sentences
A cabeça grande dela chamava atenção em qualquer lugar.
Her large head caught attention everywhere.
Minha cabeça dolorida precisava de repouso urgente.
My aching head needed urgent rest.
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Why is it feminine?
Cabeça is feminine because it derives from Latin "caput" (head), which evolved through Vulgar Latin into the feminine form "cabeça" in Portuguese. The feminine gender was established through the regular phonetic evolution of Latin words ending in -a, which became the standard feminine marker in Portuguese and other Romance languages. This follows the systematic rule that Portuguese nouns ending in -a are typically feminine.
What is the Portuguese word for head?
The Portuguese word for head is a cabeça — feminine.
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