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capo en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /ˈkæpəʊ/ (UK)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈkɑpəʊ/ (US)
• /ˈkeɪpoʊ/ (US)

Etymology

Shortening of capotasto, from Italian.

Meanings

1. A movable bar placed across the fingerboard of a guitar and used to raise the pitch of all strings.

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Synonyms

capotasto (movable bar)

capo en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• /ˈkæpoʊ/ (US)
• /ˈkæpəʊ/ (UK)
• /ˈkɑːpəʊ/ (UK)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈkɑpəʊ/ (US)

Etymology

Etymology tree substratebor.? Proto-Indo-European *kap-? Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *káput Proto-Italic *kaput Latin caput Vulgar Latin capus Italian capobor. English capo Borrowed from Italian capo (“head, chief”). Doublet of cape, caput, chef, chief, head, and Howth.

Meanings

1. A leader in the Mafia; a caporegime.
2. A leader and organizer of supporters at a sporting event, particularly association football matches.

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Relateds

da capo al fine · da capo · capo di tutti capi · capo tasto

Translations (3)

fi capo (Mafia leader) · pt capo (Mafia leader) · sv maffialedare (Mafia leader)

capo en · NOUN · etymology 3

Meanings

1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative spelling of kapo.
   alt of kapo
   • […] the capo in a sub-camp in 1940. As a foreman and capo in the quarry he earned the reputation of treating Jewish[…] 2004, Gedenkstätte Buchenwald, Buchenwald Concentration Camp, 1937-1945: A Guide to the Permanent Historical Exhibition, Wallstein Verlag, →ISBN, page 118:

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