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cabecera

headboard

noun kah-beh-SEH-rah Rare
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Also means

header

Usage Note

Cabecera has several concrete senses: the headboard of a bed (cabecera de la cama), the head of a table (sentarse a la cabecera), and in journalism or broadcasting, a masthead or title sequence (cabecera de un periódico). In medicine, médico de cabecera is a GP or family doctor. The underlying sense is always 'the head or top position' of something.

Examples

"Puso el libro en la cabecera de la cama."

Natural Translation

He put the book on the headboard of the bed.

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