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head2

/hed/

Translation

v [t, i]
(en fútbol)
cabecear
She headed the ball into the net
Cabeceó y metió un gol
encabezar
She heads the list of candidates
Encabeza la lista de candidatos
to head for
dirigirse
I'm heading for home
Me dirijo a casa
to be heading for sth to head off
(Definition of head v from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish © Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)

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