headache

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈhɛdeɪk/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈhɛdˌeɪk/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(hed′āk′)

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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Principal Translations
InglésEspañol
headache n (body)dolor de cabeza nm + loc adj
  jaqueca nf
  (formal)cefalea nf
 After being hunched in front of a computer all day Fiona got a headache.
 Tania is prone to headaches.
 Después de pasarse todo el día encorvada frente al ordenador, a Fiona le dio dolor de cabeza.
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Additional Translations
InglésEspañol
headache n figurative (difficult issue) (figurado)quebradero de cabeza loc nom m
  dolor de cabeza nm + loc adj
 This project is turning out to be a big headache.
 Este proyecto se está convirtiendo en un gran quebradero de cabeza.
headache n (person)latazo n común
  pelmazo, pelmaza nm, nf
  (AR)pesado, pesada nm, nf
 Dana's friend was a huge headache today when she called to get a ride to the airport at two in the morning.
 La amiga de Dana fue un latazo hoy cuando llamó para que la llevásemos al aeropuerto a las dos de la mañana.
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Compound Forms:
InglésEspañol
cluster headache,
histamine headache n		 (severe recurrent head pain)cefalea en racimo nf + loc adj
pounding headache,
thumping headache n		 informal (head pain)migraña nf
  (informal)dolor de cabeza mortal, dolor de cabeza horrible grupo nom
 I've been off work today with a pounding headache.
splitting headache n informal (severe head pain)jaqueca nf
 Would you turn the music down? - it's giving me a splitting headache.
 ¿Podrías bajar la música? Me está dando jaqueca.
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'headache' aparece también en las siguientes entradas:
In the English description:
brain freeze - headachy - migraine - splitter - splitting
Spanish:
bagayo - cefalea - dolor de cabeza - quebradero - quebradero de cabeza - cefalalgia - castigo - dar problemas - jaqueca - mareo

Collocations: headache [remedies, relief, cures], have a [pounding, splitting, dull, throbbing] headache, [have, feel] a headache coming on, more...

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