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head

/hɛd/ sustantivo A1

En español: res, cabeza, giste, director

  1. The part of the body of an animal or human which contains the brain, mouth, and main sense organs. (countable) · Be careful when you pet that dog on the head; it may bite.
  2. Mental or emotional aptitude or skill. (countable, uncountable) · The company is looking for people with good heads for business.· He has no head for heights.
  3. Mind; one's own thoughts. (countable, figuratively, uncountable) · This song keeps going through my head.
  4. A headache; especially one resulting from intoxication. (countable, uncountable)
  5. A headdress; a covering for the head. (countable, uncountable) · a laced head· a head of hair
  6. An individual person. (countable, figuratively, uncountable) · Admission is three dollars a head.
  7. A single animal; measure word for livestock and game. (countable, uncountable) · 200 head of cattle and 50 head of horses
  8. The population of game. (countable, uncountable) · We have a heavy head of deer this year.

Plural heads

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“’Tis true, madame,” answered he, “that my father was a Girondin, but he was not among the number of those who voted for the king’s death; he was an equal sufferer with yourself during the Reign of Terror, and had well-nigh lost his head on the same scaffold on which your father perished.”
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 45 · C1
Morrel; and I think you will be satisfied on that head.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 2 · C1
We performed the usual burial service, and he is at his rest, sewn up in his hammock with a thirty-six-pound shot at his head and his heels, off El Giglio island.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 3 · C1
As Edmond paused, the black and bearded head of Caderousse appeared at the door.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 15 · C1

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