capo

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

English[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈkæ.pəʊ/, /ˈkeɪ.pou/

Etymology 1[edit]

Shortening of capotasto, from Italian.

Noun[edit]

capo (plural capos)

  1. A movable bar placed across the fingerboard of a guitar used to raise the pitch of all strings.
Synonyms[edit]
Translations[edit]
capotasto — see capotasto

Etymology 2[edit]

From Italian capo (“head”).

Noun[edit]

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[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

Catalan[edit]

Verb[edit]

capo

  1. first-person singular present indicative form of capar

Istriot[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Vulgar Latin capus, from Latin caput.

Noun[edit]

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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈka.po/
  • Audio
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  • Hyphenation: cà‧po

Noun[edit]

capo m (plural capi)

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

Adjective[edit]

capo (invariable)

  1. head, chief, leading
    ispettore capo ― chief inspector

Related terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • → English: capo
  • → Spanish: capo

Anagrams[edit]

Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kep- or *(s)kap- (“to hew, cut, shovel”), from a PIE substrate word that also gave Latin scapulae - see Ancient Greek κόπτω (kóptō), Ancient Greek σκάπτω (skáptō) for further cognates and discussion, as well as Proto-Indo-European *kap-. Alternatively, from another substrate word that also gave Latin caper. In both cases the vocalism requires postulating a substrate origin.

Alternative forms[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

cāpō m (genitive cāpōnis); third declension

  1. a capon (castrated cockerel)
  2. (in general) a rooster

Declension[edit]

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[edit]

References[edit]

  • De Vaan, Michiel (2008) , “cāpus; scapulae”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

Further reading[edit]

  • 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[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

capo

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

Spanish[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

capo m (plural capos)

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

Etymology 2[edit]

See capar

Verb[edit]

capo

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