cabo

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[edit] Catalan

[edit] Verb

cabo

  1. First-person singular present indicative form of cabre.

[edit] Galician

[edit] Etymology

From Latin caput (head, source).

[edit] Noun

cabo m. (plural cabos)

  1. end, final part
  2. cape, headland
  3. handle
  4. corporal

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[edit] Indonesian

[edit] Noun

cabo

  1. (vulgar) whore

[edit] Latin

[edit] Noun

cabō

  1. dative singular of cabus
  2. ablative singular of cabus

[edit] Spanish

[edit] Etymology

From Latin caput

[edit] Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈkaβo/

[edit] Noun

cabo m. (plural cabos)

  1. end, edge, extremity
  2. end, finish, conclusion
  3. stub, butt, stump
  4. (nautical) cable, rope
  5. (geography) cape
  6. (military) corporal
    • 1973: A Luisa Cánepa, mi sirvienta, la violó un sargento, y después un cabo y después un soldado raso. My servant Luisa Cánepa was raped by a sergeant, then by a corporal, and then by a private. — Mario Vargas Llosa, Pantaleón y las Visitadoras (Punto de Lectura 2007, p. 20)
  7. (police) sergeant
  8. (in the plural) accessories, knick-knacks
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