noun
cabeza
noun
1
In Mexican and Tex-Mex cooking, meat from the head of a cow, especially the cheek, often slow-cooked for tacos.
"The taco truck sold out of cabeza before noon."
How to Use Cabeza
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishTender, slow-cooked beef-head meat used as a taco filling.
Common pairings
cabeza tacos
cabeza tacos de res
Word Forms
Cabezas plural
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Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish cabeza, meaning "head."