What does «cabecita» mean in Spanish?
- Short for head.
Examples of use in Spanish: "por favor, bajen un poco las cabecitas así los puedo contar".
- Small head.
Examples of use in Spanish: "¡qué cabecita diminuta tiene este animal! ¿es normal?".
- Lunfardo word to refer to people with dark hair and intermediate skin tone, belonging to the working class. It is a shortening of "cabecita negra", used especially by the upper classes of Buenos Aires since 1940 to refer to those provincial people who migrated to the city; its use is generally considered racist.
♦ Used in: Argentina
Examples of use in Spanish: "en los barrios bajos viven los cabecitas".
- Common name for Ammandra decasperma, a species of palm tree.
- (cabecitas colosales) Pre-Columbian ceramic sculptures from Mesoamerica.