What does cabecera in Spanish mean?

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

The word cabecera in Spanish means headboard, head, head, top, main town, main city, headwaters, headline, bridgehead, bedside book, general practitioner. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word cabecera

headboard

nombre femenino (parte de una cama)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Eduardo tiene el despertador en la repisa de la cabecera de la cama.
ⓘEsta oración no es una traducción de la original. I accidentally banged my head on the headboard when I went to bed last night.

head

nombre femenino (lugar preferente)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
La cabecera de la mesa la ocupa mi tía materna.
My maternal aunt sits at the head of the table.

head, top

nombre femenino (clasificación: primeros lugares)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
La triatlonista está en la cabecera de la clasificación general.
The triathlete is at the head (or: top) of the overall ranking.

main town, main city

nombre femenino (población principal)

Medellín es la cabecera del departamento de Antioquia.
Medellín is the main city of the department of Antioquia.

headwaters

nombre femenino (río: inicio)

(plural noun: Noun always used in plural form--for example, "jeans," "scissors.")
En la cabecera del río hay muy poca agua.
There is very little water at the headwaters of the river.

headline

nombre femenino (parte superior de impreso) (of newspaper)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
En la cabecera del periódico se resaltaba la trágica noticia.
The headline of the newspaper announced the tragic story.

bridgehead

(militar: fortificación)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
La cabecera de puente los protegía del ejército enemigo.

bedside book

(de referencia)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

general practitioner

(atención primaria) (UK)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Llevamos a la niña al médico de cabecera y éste nos remitió a un especialista.
We took our little girl to the general practitioner, and he referred us to a specialist.

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