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English
Etymology 1
Shortening of capotasto, from Italian.
Pronunciation
Noun
capo (plural capos)
- 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, chief”). Doublet of cape, caput, chef, chief, head, and Howth.
Pronunciation
Noun
- A leader in the Mafia; a caporegime.
- A leader and organizer of supporters at a sporting event, particularly association football matches.
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Etymology 3
Noun
capo (plural capos)
- Alternative spelling of kapo.
- 2004, Gedenkstätte Buchenwald, Buchenwald Concentration Camp, 1937-1945: A Guide to the Permanent Historical Exhibition, Wallstein Verlag, →ISBN, page 118:
- […] the capo in a sub-camp in 1940. As a foreman and capo in the quarry he earned the reputation of treating Jewish […]
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capo
Galician
Verb
capo
Istriot
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin capus m < Latin caput n. On account of the unlenited /-p-/, presumably borrowed via Italian capo.
Noun
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.
Synonyms
Italian
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin capus, from Latin caput, from Proto-Italic *kaput, from Proto-Indo-European *káput. Doublet of chef.
Pronunciation
Noun
capo m (plural capi)
Adjective
capo (invariable)
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