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.

Synonyms

• (movable bar): capotasto

Translations

capotasto — see capotasto

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.

Translations

Mafia leader

• Finnish: capo (fi)
• Portuguese: capo (pt) m

• Swedish: maffialedare c

Anagrams

• ACPO, APCO, CoAP, Copa, OPAC, Paco, acop, paco

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Catalan

Verb

capo

1. first-person singular present indicative form of capar

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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.

Synonyms

• tiesta

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Italian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkapo/, [ˈkaː.po]

• Audio

  (file)

• 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

Synonyms

• estremità
• fine
• mente
• testa

Related terms

• a capo, andare a capo, andare accapo, lavata di capo, capolino
• capitare
• capitombolo, capogiro
• capo-
• capo d'abbigliamento, capo di abbigliamento
• capodanno, capo d'anno
• capo del governo
• capo di stato, capo dello stato
• capo di vestiario
• capoluogo, capolinea, capogruppo, capoufficio, capoverso, capotasto, capo operaio, capo banda, capotesta, caporovescio, appoggiacapo, poggiatesta
• daccapo, caposaldo
• in capo a
• tra capo e collo
• cosa fatta capo ha
• capata, capatina, caparra, capezzale
• sottocapo, rompicapo, capogabinetto, capodipartimento, capomastro, caporedattore, capoturno, capofamiglia
• capinera, capitello
• caposcala, caposcalo
• capocchio

Descendants

• → English: capo
• → Spanish: capo

Anagrams

• paco, pacò
• poca

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Latin

Alternative forms

• cāpus

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkaː.poː/
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈka.po/, [ˈkaː.pɔ]

Noun

cāpō m (genitive cāpōnis); third declension

1. a capon

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cāpō	cāpōnēs
Genitive	cāpōnis	cāpōnum
Dative	cāpōnī	cāpōnibus
Accusative	cāpōnem	cāpōnēs
Ablative	cāpōne	cāpōnibus
Vocative	cāpō	cāpōnēs

Descendants

• Catalan: capó
• Dutch: kapoen
• English: capon
• French: chapon
• Friulian: cjapon
• Galician: capón
• German: Kapaun
• Greek: καπόνι (kapóni)
• Italian: cappone
• Latvian: kapāt

• Occitan: capon
• Polish: kapłon
• Portuguese: capão
• Romanian: clapon
• Sardinian: caboni
• Sicilian: capuni
• Spanish: capón
• Venetian: capón

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

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -apu

Verb

capo

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

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Spanish

Etymology 1

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

Noun

capo m (plural capos)

1. gangster
2. By extension, a very able person at doing something
3. boss, chief

Etymology 2

See capar

Verb

capo

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