capo
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English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Shortening of capotasto, from Italian.
Noun[edit]
capo (plural capos)
- A movable bar placed across the fingerboard of a guitar used to raise the pitch of all strings.
Synonyms[edit]
- (movable bar): capotasto
Translations[edit]
capotasto — see capotasto
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
capo (plural capos)
- A leader in the Mafia; a caporegime.
Translations[edit]
Mafia leader
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Anagrams[edit]
Istriot[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
capo m
- 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.
- Nun o’ pioün veîsto el pioûn biel capo biondo.
- 1877, Antonio Ive, Canti popolari istriani: raccolti a Rovigno, volume 5, Ermanno Loescher, page 40:
Synonyms[edit]
Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin caput, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kauput-, *kaput-.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
capo m (plural capi)
- head
- boss, chief, leader, master, top banana, big cheese, big enchilada, big kahuna, bigwig, big wheel, grand poobah, head honcho, kingpin, muckety muck, top dog
- end (of a rope etc)
- cape (especially when capitalised in placenames)
- ply
- buddy
- (heraldry) chief
Synonyms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
- 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
Anagrams[edit]
Spanish[edit]
Noun[edit]
capo m (plural capos)
Portuguese[edit]
Verb[edit]
capo
Categories:
- English terms derived from Italian
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- Istriot terms derived from Latin
- Istriot lemmas
- Istriot nouns
- Italian terms derived from Latin
- Italian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Italian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Italian terms with audio links
- Italian lemmas
- Italian nouns
- it:Heraldry
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish nouns
- Portuguese verb forms
- Portuguese non-lemma forms
