capo

See also: Capo, capó, ĉapo, capô, and capo-

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkæ.pəʊ/, /ˈkeɪ.pou/

Etymology 1

Shortening of capotasto, from Italian.

Noun

capo (plural capos)

  1. A movable bar placed across the fingerboard of a guitar used to raise the pitch of all strings.
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Etymology 2

From Italian capo (“head”).

Noun

capo (plural capos or capi)

  1. A leader in the Mafia; a caporegime.
  2. A leader and organizer of supporters at a sporting event, particularly association football matches.
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Catalan

Verb

capo

  1. first-person singular present indicative form of capar

Istriot

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *capum, from Latin caput.

Noun

capo m

  1. head
    • 1877, Antonio Ive, Canti popolari istriani: raccolti a Rovigno, volume 5, Ermanno Loescher, page 40:
      Nun o’ pioün veîsto el pioûn biel capo biondo.
      I haven’t seen a more beautiful blonde head.

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Italian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *capum, from Latin caput, from Proto-Italic *kaput, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kauput-, *kaput-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkapo/, [ˈkaː.po]
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  • Hyphenation: cà‧po

Noun

capo m (plural capi)

  1. head
  2. boss, chief, leader, master
  3. end (of a rope etc)
  4. cape (especially when capitalised in placenames)
  5. ply
  6. buddy
  7. (heraldry) chief

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Latin

Alternative forms

  • cāpus

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *kop- (“to strike, to beat”).

Pronunciation

Noun

cāpō m (genitive cāpōnis); third declension

  1. a capon

Inflection

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative cāpō cāpōnēs
genitive cāpōnis cāpōnum
dative cāpōnī cāpōnibus
accusative cāpōnem cāpōnēs
ablative cāpōne cāpōnibus
vocative cāpō cāpōnēs

Descendants

References

  • capo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • capo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -apu

Verb

capo

  1. first-person singular (eu) present indicative of capar

Spanish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian capo (“head”). Related to cabo.

Noun

capo m (plural capos)

  1. gangster

Etymology 2

See capar

Verb

capo

  1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of capar.
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