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head noun

  /ˈhɛd/
  • (countable) The part of the body of an animal or human which contains the brain, mouth, and main sense organs.
  • Mental or emotional aptitude or skill.
  • The end of a hammer, axe, golf club, or similar implement used for striking other objects.
  • The end of a nail, screw, bolt, or similar fastener which is opposite the point; usually blunt and relatively wide.
  • (countable) The topmost, foremost, or leading part.
  • The source of a river; the end of a lake where a river flows into it.
 cabeça
  • (metonymy) Leader; chief; mastermind.
 cabeça, chefe, líder
  • (metonymy) A headmaster or headmistress.
 diretor, director, directora, diretora
  • (uncountable, countable) The foam that forms on top of beer or other carbonated beverages.
 colarinho
  • (linguistics) A morpheme that determines the category of a compound or the word that determines the syntactic type of the phrase of which it is a member.
 núcleo

head verb

  /ˈhɛd/
  • (transitive) To strike with the head; as in soccer, to head the ball
 cabecear
  • (transitive) To be in command of. (See also head up.)
 dirigir, comandar, liderar
  • (intransitive) To move in a specified direction.
 dirigir-se, encaminhar-se, ir, rumar
  • To get in the front of, so as to hinder or stop; to oppose.
 encabeçar

head adjective

  /ˈhɛd/
  • Foremost in rank or importance.
 mor
  • Coming from in front.
 à cabeça

heading noun

  /ˈhɛdɪŋ/
  • The title or topic of a document, article, chapter, or of a section thereof.
 cabeçalho, manchete
  • (nautical and aeronautical) The direction into which a seagoing or airborne vessel's bow is pointing (apparent heading) and/or the direction into which it is actually moving relative to the ground (true heading)
 proa

head adjective

  /ˈhɛd/
  • Of, relating to, or intended for the head.
 cabeça

heads noun

  /hɛdz/
  • The side of a coin that bears the picture of the head of state or similar.
 cara
flower head
capítulo
come to a head
amadurecer, madurar, madurecer, atingir um ponto crítico, culminar, criar pus, supurar, vir à tona
death's-head
caveira
head of hair
cabeleira, juba, trunfa
head office
matriz
head-on
frontal
gilt-head bream
dourada, orata
head honcho
mandachuva
head chef
chef, chef principal
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