cabecear
Meanings
Verb
1. to shake (one's head, especially in disagreement)
2. to nod (as one gradually falls to sleep while seated or standing) (intransitive)
3. to rock, to pitch (intransitive)
4. to head a ball (soccer, transitive)
Examples4
Sigo cabeceando de sueño al ordenador.
I keep nodding off at the computer.
Sigo cabeceando de sueño con el ordenador.
I keep nodding off at the computer.
¡Deja de moverte tanto! Haces que la barca cabecee, vamos a acabar volcando.
Stop moving around so much! You're making the boat pitch, and we'll end up capsizing.
Tom comenzó a cabecear de nuevo.
Tom began to doze off again.