cabo

See also: Cabo

Asturian

Alternative forms

• cabe
• cabu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkabo/ [ˈka.β̞o]
• Rhymes: -abo
• Syllabification: ca‧bo

Preposition

cabo

1. next to, alongside

   Synonyms: co, xunto, al llau

Derived terms

• al cabo

Catalan

Verb

cabo

1. first-person singular present indicative of cabre

Dutch

Noun

cabo m (plural cabo's, diminutive cabootje n)

1. alternative letter-case form of Cabo (“Cape Verdean person”)

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese cabo, from Vulgar Latin capus, from Latin caput (“head, source”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkabo/ [ˈkɑ.β̞ʊ]
• Rhymes: -abo
• Hyphenation: ca‧bo

Noun

cabo m (plural cabos)

1. end, tip, final part

   Synonyms: canto, extremo

2. (geography) cape, headland
3. handle

   Synonym: mango

4. rope

   Synonym: corda

5. wire

   Synonym: cable

6. (military) corporal (non-commissioned officer army rank with NATO code OR-4)

Derived terms

• Cabo
• Cabo de Vila
• cabodano
• Cabodevila

Related terms

• cabeza

Noun

cabo m or f by sense (plural cabos)

1. corporal

Preposition

cabo

1. next, by

Derived terms

• cabo de
• ó cabo de

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “cabo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “cabo”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cabo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “cabo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cabo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
• “cabo”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• “cabo”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2025

Indonesian

Alternative forms

• tjabo (1901–1947, 1947–1972)

Etymology

From Hokkien 查某 (cha-bó͘, “woman”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃabo/ [ˈt͡ʃa.bo]
• Rhymes: -abo
• Syllabification: ca‧bo

Noun

cabo (plural cabo-cabo)

1. (chiefly Jakarta, vulgar) prostitute; whore

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pelacur

Further reading

• “cabo”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016