Cabeza de Vaca

American  

[kah-ve-thah the vah-kah, -ve-sah] / kɑˈvɛ θɑ ðɛ ˈvɑ kɑ, -ˈvɛ sɑ /

noun

1. Álvar Núñez c1490–1557?, Spanish explorer in the Americas.

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Example Sentences

Mucho antes de convertirse en director, Del Toro fue maquillador de efectos especiales y conoció a Giménez Cacho en 1990, mientras le aplicaba lodo falso y una barba artificial durante el rodaje de Cabeza de Vaca, la obra de época de Nicolás Echevarría que está ambientada en territorio selvático.

From New York Times

A special effects makeup artist long before becoming a director, Del Toro first met Giménez Cacho in 1990 while applying fake dirt and an artificial beard during the shooting of Nicolás Echevarría’s desert period piece, “Cabeza de Vaca.”

From New York Times

Down the hill is Ojo Caliente, a fleck of a town with a post office, two cafes and a spa with hot springs used by generations of Pueblo people before being named by 16th-century Spanish explorer Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca.

From Washington Post

U.S. authorities had trouble getting on the phone with Tamaulipas Gov. Francisco Garcia Cabeza de Vaca.

From Seattle Times

A 4.2-magnitude quake was recorded before the eruption, which took place in an area known as Cabeza de Vaca on the western slope as the ridge descends to the coast.

From Seattle Times