What does cabecear in Portuguese mean?

What is the meaning of the word cabecear in Portuguese? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use cabecear in Portuguese.

The word cabecear in Portuguese means butt, nod off, head, head, cabecear, cochilar, dormitar, toscanejar, dormitar, cabecear, balançar a cabeça, cabecear. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word cabecear

butt

(bater com a cabeça)

(intransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived.")

nod off

(figurado (sono: balançar cabeça)

(phrasal verb, intransitive: Verb with adverb(s) or preposition(s), having special meaning and not taking direct object--for example, "make up" [=reconcile]: "After they fought, they made up.")

head

(figurado (futebol) (football)

(intransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived.")

head

verbo transitivo (figurado (futebol) (football)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")

cabecear, cochilar, dormitar

phrasal verb, intransitive (informal (fall asleep) (cair no sono)

Eu cochilei por dez minutos no fim do filme.
I dozed off for ten minutes during the end of the movie.

toscanejar, dormitar

intransitive verb (be half asleep) (meio adormecido)

Matt dozed throughout math class.

cabecear

intransitive verb (become sleepy)

The students started nodding during the long lecture.

balançar a cabeça

intransitive verb (head movement: up and down) (para cima e para baixo)

(expressão verbal: Expressão usada como verbo. Ex. "se dar bem com"; "ter medo de". Também para elementos compostos mais longos, como expressões idiomáticas e ditados que começam com um verbo.)
The dog nodded gently as it dozed.

cabecear

transitive verb (sports: hit with one's head)

(verbo transitivo: Verbos que possuem complemento, direto ou indireto. Ex. "oferecer ajuda", "gostar de música", etc.)
O jogador de futebol cabeceou a bola para dentro do gol.
The football player headed the ball into the net.

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